The Last Unicorn

Publication history

In English

There have been many print editions of The Last Unicorn.

A corrected, definitive English-language text was prepared for the 2007 Deluxe Edition and also used in the trade paperback 40th Anniversary Edition (Roc Books, 2008). The Deluxe Edition was available for purchase only from Barnes & Noble, with co-publishers Roc imprint and Barnes & Noble (OCLC 243775547).[9] Beside the corrected text of the novel it included an edition of the sequel and new material including cover illustration by the prominent fantasy and children's book illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon.

In July 2022, the book was reissued.[10]

Audiobook

In 2004, Beagle recorded an unabridged audiobook of his novel for Conlan Press.[11] The audiobook was sold in three formats with varying prices: as downloadable MP3 files (released in 2005). An MP3 CD, and as an eight-CD collector's set containing the audiobook on seven audio CDs and an exclusive interview with Beagle on the eighth was due to be released. Purchasers of this edition were to be sent a free autographed 3,000-copy limited hardcover edition of Two Hearts.[12] Preorders began in late 2004; as of August 2014, the book and CDs were finished but not yet manufactured.[13] [14] Connor Freff Cochran of Conlan Press was liable for financial elder abuse, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty in 2019. Cochran declared bankruptcy sixteen hours before the trial was due to begin. Beagle was unable to collect the money Cochran owed, and the rights to Beagle's work were left in legal limbo. In February 2021, Beagle regained the intellectual property rights.[15] The criminal activity noted in the lawsuit is presumed have resulted in this edition not being released.[16]

In July 2022, The Last Unicorn was released on Audible and was narrated by Orlagh Cassidy. [17]


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