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The ability to identify first editions is one of the most essential skills for both booksellers and collectors and of interest to some book buyers in general. Top of Page INTRODUCTION THE REPRINT PUBLISHERS BOOK CLUB EDITIONS NUMBERS ON BOOKS HELP IDENTIFY FIRST EDITIONS A BRIEF LIST OF OFTEN MISIDENTIFIED MODERN FIRST EDITIONS REFERENCES AND MORE READING Identifying First Editions, A Primer: In General This article is Part I of a series; read Part II here: Identifying First Editions, A Primer: The Publishers INTRODUCTION The ability to identify first editions is one of the most essential skills for both booksellers and collectors and of interest to some book buyers in general. Unfortunately, it is often not a question of simply looking at the copyright page for the words “first edition.” This primer will help to answer some of the most common questions asked about identifying first editions – including when you can rely on a statement of edition and when you cannot, how can you tell if a book is a first edition when the publisher doesn’t state it, how to identify book club editions and reprint editions, and much more. Note that this is and will remain a “work in progress.” Hopefully we can add to it with images of specific examples as well as add to the list of publishers. This also applies to our “Points of Issue” page which should be coming soon. If you have comments or questions please write us at A First Edition Primer – suggestions/comments This particular guide does not try to answer questions like “Why and How to Collect Books” but a brief note is in order. As to why, because it gives you pleasure and/or as an investment. For more you might look at Why Collect Books at First’s Magazine. As to the how, there is a nice interview with David Klappholtz in the IOBA Standard on Book Collecting from a Collector’s viewpoint. David not only talks about how he became a book collector but some of the mechanics of collecting such as, “How you go about searching for books on the internet?” Although not mentioned specifically in the article itself, one should remember that just in identifying books properly, you also need to know about proof copies, advanced reading copies (ARCs), review copies, original manuscripts, facsimiles, points of issue and other book terminology . Somewhere in the far distant past, Glenn Larsen had one of the first “guide to first editions” on the web at the rarebooks.org site. His guide disappeared sometime in the summer of 2003 during one of those re-organizations which occurs so often on the internet, but Mr. Larsen has graciously offered it as a basis for this First Editions Primer by the IOBA. The original page has been reorganized, added to, and corrected when necessary and modified, using the above cited reference books and the information gained through handling many books by the members of IOBA. Please note that this guide is meant to serve as an introduction to the identification of First Editions and as an attempt to combine often scattered information in one place. The most definitive source for establishing the precise edition of any book and all of the relevant points of a first printing would be a descriptive bibliography for an author. If you specialize in either selling or collecting works by that author, you should include a bibliography in your reference shelf. However, descriptive bibliographies do not exist for most authors (and even when they do exist, they can contain some inaccuracies). There have been several books which focus on the usual practices of publishers in identifying first editions: First Editions: A Guide To Identification (Zempel & Verkler), A Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions (McBride), and Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values (Ahearn) [earlier books by the Ahearns, “The Guide to Book Collecting” and “Collected Books” are also well worth having]. All of these books should be considered essential to the reference shelves of any bookseller, and all are very helpful to a book collector. The definition of a first edition depends on who you are talking to. Collectors use the term “first edition” as a short form of “first printing of the first edition” and that is how we will be using this term. Publishers, bibliographers, researchers and librarians use the term “first edition” to mean a book reprinted without changes. However, booksellers offering a “first edition” are describing a specific object – an individual book – and the value of that object is determined by its scarcity, its edition and printing, the demand for that title, and the condition of the copy being offered. THE REPRINT PUBLISHERS Many publishers focused primarily on reprinting already popular works and, with the exception of juvenile series, they rarely published first editions. These publishers include A.L. Burt, Altemus, AMS Press, Inc. (now engaged in scholarly monographs), Avenel, Barnes & Noble, Blakiston, Bonanza Books, Cassell (in the UK), Collier, Donohue, Folio Society, Goldsmith, Grosset and Dunlap, Hurst, Konecky, MJF Books, Readers’ Union, Saalfield, Sun Dial, Tower, Triangle, Walter Black and many more. The majority of juvenile series books were first published by these companies, especially Grosset and Dunlap. For some juvenile series, the first editions might be published by A. L. Burt or Altemus, and then Saalfield published reprinted editions. Grosset and Dunlap also published photoplay editions, which are at least “first thus” [first by that publisher or first of a special edition, see Book Terminology for example] and often quite collectible. In addition, while these reprint editions should not be confused with the first editions, they can be sought after by collectors because of their often striking dust jackets. Note that Tower books will often say something to the effect of “First Tower edition” and Grosset and Dunlap will sometimes copy the printing information from the original information on their copyright pages, so use the information on the copyright pages with care. There are price guides which describe every printing of the Nancy Drew series (Farah’s Guide) and the Hardy Boys series (Carpentieri Hardy and Hardy Investigations) and these are invaluable for collectors and sellers of these books – not so much for the prices, but for the identifying the printing. For other juvenile series and reprint publishers in general, one often has to look for internal clues – for example, which books are advertised in the back of the book or on the dustjacket – to date the copies. BOOK CLUB EDITIONS Book Club (BC) editions are generally not first editions and have little collectible value. New collectors are often trapped thinking that they have a first edition when they really have a BC copy. Book club copies often appear to be first edition books but are often worthless. Beware if your book does not have a price on the dust jacket. That is the first sign that close inspection is needed. Book club editions often have a depression on the bottom of the right-hand corner of the back cover. It could be a circle, dot, square, maple leaf, or similar mark. Watch out for the BOMC acronym that stands for Book of the Month Club. You will often find it on the flaps of book club dust jackets. Also watch out for FEL on books and covers that stand for the First Edition Library, a club that makes facsimile first edition books. FEL books usually come in slip cases and are reprints of famous books. Heritage Press books are book club editions that can have a bit of value. There are about a dozen titles which stand out from the rest as more expensive but all have minimal collecting value. The Limited Edition Club (LEC) books are an exception to the above warning as they are highly collectible. LEC books are printed in limited quantities, are signed and individually numbered, and can be of considerable value. For example, several of the LEC titles that are signed and illustrated by great artists and illustrators can run several thousand dollars. Some General Rules That You Have a Book Club Edition No price on the dust jacket. BUT, some small presses do not price their books and, from Glenn Larsen’s original document, “BOMC did price their books for a while in the 1970’s I believe.” Clipped corner on the DJ. Some dealers/collectors have clipped the “Book Club Edition” statement, typically on the lower corner of the front flap, and/or the upper corner of the front flap where there would normally be a price however some publishers have clipped the price so they could raise it. A depression (circle, dot, square, maple leaf, or similar mark) on the bottom of the right-hand corner of the back cover. BUT, small blind stamps have been used to distinguish productions of the additional printing houses who participated in the production of a particular title. Also, don’t confuse the blind stamp with Knopf’s familiar Borzoi dog logo. “Book-of-the-Month Club Selection” on the spine in early BOMC editions [pre 1930]. Laid-in review slips or brochure. Low quality editions (smaller and less dense). Primarily from the Doubleday stable of book clubs and the Literary Guild. BOMC generally had high quality books. “Book Club Edition” printed at the bottom of the front dust jacket flap. A five-digit code, typically black numbers in white background small box, which appears on the back of the dust jacket. These are typically Doubleday Book Clubs (the major ones being Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, Mystery Guild, and Science Fiction Book Club). See Images for Book Club Editions for images of book club editions. For two good articles on this subject, see the BookThink article on Book Club Editions and the Tom Folio article on Identifying Book Club Editions . Some book club editions actually are first editions or at least first hardcovers. If you check the LW Currey’s “Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors: A Bibliography of First Printings of Their Fiction and Selected Nonfiction – Revised Edition”, you find listings of first editions with the comment “Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club”. For example Poul Anderson’s “The Dancer From Atlantis” and “the Day of Their Return”. There appear to be 88 occurrences of “Science Fiction Book Club” in the document although some of them occur as part of the “ALSO” statement, indicating it is not a first edition. Although there are many examples of some BCE’s being fairly valuable because they are first editions or because their trade editions are highly collectible, or … the above statement “Book Club (BC) editions are generally not first editions and have little collectible value.” is very often true. NUMBERS ON BOOKS HELP IDENTIFY FIRST EDITIONS Many modern publishers use a number or letter system to designate first editions. Publishers using this system have numbers or letters similar to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 or A B C D E where the 1 or the A indicates a first edition. If the 1 is missing as in 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 then that book is probably a second printing as designated by the remaining 2. Sometimes you will find that numbers appear differently, for example 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2, or in reverse as in 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Regardless of the way the numbers look, you want to spot the 1 or the A. There are exceptions so check the list of publishers. For example, Random House did use, until roughly 2003, the words First Edition in place of the number 1. Thus a Random House book before about 2003 stating “First Edition” starting with the number 2 is a first edition, first state book. A BRIEF LIST OF OFTEN MISIDENTIFIED MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Jonathan Franzen Freedom : the true first will have an ISBN with 374 as the publisher number on both the book and the dust jacket. The false first has 312. The Dogs of Edgar Sawtelle : false firsts will have “smooth” edges; true first has untrimmed edges and the bindings are different. Three Junes by Glass: different ISBN The young adult novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Asher: new edition comes with added bonus material (map on reverse of dust jacket) – and even says on dust jacket that it was a bestseller). Natasha Trethewey’s Pulitzer prize winning collection – Native Guard : the publisher is not being sneaky here; the “new edition” says on the flap that it is a new edition, comes with a CD , and has a totally different dust jacket. However all of the copies listed as firsts on AbeBooks.com are either the trade paperback or the new edition (like most poetry titles, not too many hardcovers sold when this first came out). One seller uses the term in a “2nd issue dust jacket” but the entire edition is “different” not just the dust jacket, so the book is not a first…. Marlantes Matterhorn was first issued as a trade paperback by a small press so none of the hardcovers are the true first. The Lemony Snicket books: the 1 in the number line was kept even as the prices kept going up on the back cover. Depending on the number, the real firsts have to have the 1 and 8.95 or 9.95 as the price. Jeannette Winterson’s first US of Oranges , a trade paperback in the US: at least three different printings with different prices on the cover; all of which say “first.” The real first does not have a number line. There are books which are missing the publisher’s usual method of identifying first editions: Faulkner’s Knight’s Gambit published by Random House in 1949. The first edition has no statement of printing. Dangerous Visions, the science fiction anthology edited by Harlan Ellison and published by Doubleday in 1972. No first edition statement on the copyright page, but the first issue (priority A) has a code of N7 in the gutter on page 796, the 2nd issue (priority B) has N40. REFERENCES AND MORE READING Allen Ahearn, Patricia Ahearn & Elizabeth Ahearn Fisher; Collected books : the guide to identification and values; Comus, MD, Quill & Brush Press; 2011. 4th edition. An e-book is also available. Tony Carpentieri & Paul Mular; Hardy and Hardy investigations Rheem Valley, CA; SynSine Press, 2004. 5th ed John Carter and Nicolas Barker; ABC for Book Collectors, 6th edition of the ‘with additions and corrections by Nicolas Barker” edition; New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, (1994). A free e-copy is made available for download through ILAB by permission of Bob Fleck, Oak Knoll Books. David Farah; Farah’s guide; Pasadena, CA (1395 Cresthaven Dr., Pasadena 91105-2734), [D. Farah]; 2005; 20th anniversary edition The IOBA also has a list of references which includes specialty works for particular authors and much more. See IOBA Reference Works Bill McBride (compiler); A Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions; CT; Mcbride; Seventh Edition (2012) Michael Sauers; Editions and Printings, How to Tell the Difference: a guide for book collectors. E. N. Zempel and L. A. Verkler (ed); First Editions: A Guide to Identifications CONTRIBUTORS: Amy Candiotti; Pistil Books Online Peter Dast; Bookworks Candace Hibbard; The M.A.D. House Artists Andrew Langer; Andrew Langer, Bookseller Glenn Larsen. Mr Larsen has graciously allowed the IOBA to use his original guide “A Guide To First Editions” [at Books-Rare, the book collector’s home Copyright 1997 by Glenn Larsen] as a template for this primer. Much of his work has been quoted verbatim. Unfortunately his guide is no longer available except through archives. Click on First Edition Identification to see the page as it was in June 2003. Sandra L. Morris; Nan’s Book Shop Chris Volk; Bookfever.com (Volk & Iiams, Booksellers) DeWayne White; White Unicorn Books INTRODUCTION THE REPRINT PUBLISHERS BOOK CLUB EDITIONS NUMBERS ON BOOKS HELP IDENTIFY FIRST EDITIONS A BRIEF LIST OF OFTEN MISIDENTIFIED MODERN FIRST EDITIONS REFERENCES AND MORE READING

General tools and information for bookselling, clip worthy. THE STANDARD The IOBA Standard is the journal of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and covers the book world, with a special focus on the online used, out-of-print, and collectible bookselling markets. FROM THE EDITOR FEATURES PROFILES INTERVIEWS TOOLBOX BOOK REVIEWS LITERARY TRAVELS ADDENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS BOOK FAIRS More THE STANDARD | TOPIC: TOOLBOX General tools and information for bookselling, clip worthy Book Selling at Genre Conventions The first SF convention was held in 1936 in the United States (New York City), or in 1937 in England (Leeds) – a matter of debate that hinges on the definition of “convention”. At any rate, more than seventy-five years later, SF conventions are Big Business, with events held every weekend of the year around the globe. Nearly every convention has a Dealer’s (Huckster’s) Room. Typical merchandise for sale includes jewelry, artwork, clothing, toys, games, weapons … and books. Fo icc568 Jun 19, 2013 So You Want to Be a Bookseller: Ten Questions…Some Answers 1. Are you sure? We’re living the dream. Three-hour working days surrounded by our beloved books, more money than we can shake a stick at – I can’t help but feel sorry for all those non-booksellers out there. Oh wait, it’s not always like that though is it? The conventional wisdom is thabookselling is getting harder every year, and as with most such pearls there’s definitely an element of truth to that and it’s easy to see why. The devt elopment of new technologies – like dig Justin Woolley Aug 11, 2012 How to Buy Books Online The aim of this article is to offer you, the buyer, some insights from a bookdealer on how to avoid these unpleasant experiences and to make buying a book online feel more like shopping in your favorite book store. The first thing to do before making a purchase is to define what kind of book you want. I’ve broken this down to two broad categories: a reading copy (meaning a recent, common book), or a first/special edition. Determining what kind of book you’re looking for will icc568 Aug 10, 2012 Turnover: An Introduction for Booksellers When I began my bookselling career, I worked not in used bookshops but in new (ie. independent bookstores selling new books only). And in that context managers, section buyers (of which I was one), and owners were always watching the store’s “turn” or turn-rate. It is an eminently useful business concept I brought with me when I started my own used and rare book business. But despite its utility, in my experience far too few book dealers understand the idea or importance of t Brian Cassidy Sep 17, 2011 How to Get a Trade Discount, in Six Easy Lessons [Editor’s note: For more on trade discounts, see our related article Trade Discounts: Good For One and All.] NOTE: These are pitched to the “first-time askers” — those of you who would like to request a dealer discount from a fellow bookseller who you’ve never bought from before, and who is a complete stranger to you. Lesson 1. Ask directly. Take the time to seek out the seller’s email address, and send a direct message. (It’s acceptable, for the sake of convenience, to make Howard Prouty Sep 10, 2011 BEST OF: Overlooked and Undervalued, The Bookseller’s Inventory Database Most booksellers when evaluating their business assets will consider the cost and potential market value of their inventory, the cost of computer equipment, and maybe even the replacement cost of their reference library, but it seems that the value of their book-selling database is often overlooked. A database is far more than just a listing of books which you have for sale and the price you are asking for them. If that is all you need, you can simply input listings directly Chris Volk Jun 8, 2011 BEST OF: “What’s this Book Worth?” “Is it a first?” “What are the points of…?” “I can’t find a price guide for…?” “No copy on the net, and need to know the value of…?” Such are the daily, ubiquitous questions found on the various bookish listservs to which many booksellers & collectors subscribe. Most such queries are asked by novice booksellers, or the o.p./used bookseller who has what is thought to be a [potentially] valuable book. And in fact, upon examination, all these questions have in common this last a Vic Zoschak Jun 7, 2011 BEST OF: Appraising for Booksellers All of you have gotten the phone call. The person on the other end has inherited or been given or found at a garage sale a book/books which he believes may be the next record breaker at a Sotheby’s auction. “What’s it worth?” he wants to know. That is not the type of appraisal this article is going to address. Those appraisals can be handled with a few simple sentences such as, “That copy of Tarzan’s Revenge published in 1952 missing the front cover and the last three pages i Shirley Dyess Jun 6, 2011 BEST OF: How, when and why to write a press release and what to expect if you do How A press release has a standard format and should be as brief and to the point as possible. Think of how long it takes you to decide whether to read an e-mail or not. That’s about how long an editor will give your press release before deciding what to do with it. Your press release should be written on your company letterhead if it is typed and should be double-spaced. The sentences should be short, and the word count should be no more than 300-500. At the top of the page Sally Spooner Jun 5, 2011 Books About Bookselling: The Bookseller’s Apprentice As the publisher’s foreword points out, “Anyone who has gone to Boston to look for rare books in this century will have memories of Goodspeed’s Book Shop.” The history of this establishment, founded in 1898, was recorded by Charles Eliot Goodspeed in his 1937 Yankee Bookseller, and here son George takes up pen to bring the narrative forward in a limited edition of 750 copies. As George worked his way up at Goodspeed’s from 1924 until the shop’s closing in 1995, it appears tha Shawn Purcell Jul 23, 2008 Adventures with a Binder I recently journeyed to the Charles Matthews Bindery in Los Angeles to participate in a basic book repair class followed by some tips on restoration. It turned out to be a book autopsy, however, followed by major reconstructive surgery. Incredibly informative, very helpful and a lot of fun. With piles and boxes of books in need of varying levels of attention, I thought it a good, practical idea. But lurking in the back of my mind I had dreams of creating beautiful volumes wit Sharon Heimann Jul 21, 2008 The Hard Way There is a package on my desk, unopened. I know what’s in it. It weighs slightly more than a pound, and its cold, metallic heart holds my merchant’s life blood as surely as did that pound of flesh from another merchant so long ago. 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