4 Joe Hill first editions are documented on this shelf, from 20th Century Ghosts (2005) to NOS4A2 (2013) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Joe Hill title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.
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- 20th Century Ghosts — 2005 · PS Publishing, HornseaPS Publishing issued Hill's first book in October 2005 in three simultaneous states: a deluxe slipcased hardcover limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Joe Hill and by Christopher Golden (who supplied the introduction); a jacketed hardcover limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Hill alone; and an unsigned trade paperback limited to 1,000 copies. Cover art by Vincent Chong; introduction by Christopher…. UK precedes US, and both editions are collected. The true first is PS Publishing, Hornsea, East Yorkshire, October 2005 — Joe Hill's debut book. The first US edition is William Morrow (HarperCollins), New York, October 2007, and it is not a straight reprint: it adds 'Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead' (first published in Postscripts, Autumn 2005), which was not in the PS edition. The Morrow edition is…. No book-club edition is documented for the PS issue, which was a small-press, pre-order release. The reprint trap runs in the opposite direction from the usual: the widely available 2007 Morrow trade hardcover and its later printings are commonly offered as simply 'first edition' because they are the first edition in the US, and buyers read that as the true first. Morrow first printings are identified by a….
- Heart-Shaped Box — 2007 · William Morrow, New YorkThe US first edition is William Morrow (HarperCollins), New York, published 13 February 2007 (ISBN 978-0-06-114793-7, 376 pp.). First printings are identified on the copyright page by a complete number line in which 1 is present. Sources conflict on the sequence itself — several dealers report the Morrow line as '1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2', while others describe simply a 'full number line to 1' or '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9…. US precedes UK — the census note's 'simultaneous' is NOT supported and is corrected here. William Morrow, New York, 13 February 2007 is the true first; the UK first is Gollancz (Orion), London, reported as 15 March 2007 (ISBN 9780752889184), roughly a month later. Both are collected: the Gollancz hardcover is the first UK edition and first impression, identified by its own full number line, and Gollancz…. No book-club edition is documented; dealers routinely note first printings as 'not book club.' The practical traps are (a) later Morrow printings — a second printing was announced 14 April 2007 and released that May — which are physically indistinguishable from the first apart from the number line; (b) the UK Gollancz first, which is a legitimate first UK edition but is often offered as 'the' first edition; and….
- Horns — 2010 · William Morrow, New YorkThe first printing is the William Morrow (New York) hardcover of 2010, ISBN 0061147958 / 9780061147951, 370 pp. Two points must be present together on the copyright page: a stated "First Edition" and a complete descending number line running to 1; dealers describe first printings as "stated first edition, first printing" with the full number line intact. The jacket should be a priced jacket, with the price…. The US William Morrow hardcover (New York, February 2010) is the true first and is what dealer catalogues uniformly treat as the first edition. The census claim of a simultaneous UK issue is REFUTED by the dates found: the Gollancz (London) hardcover, ISBN 0575079169 / 9780575079168, is dated 16 March 2010 — roughly a month after Morrow — so it follows rather than accompanies the US issue. The Gollancz hardcover…. No US book-club issue is documented for Horns. Reprint tells are the absence of the "First Edition" statement and/or a number line that no longer runs to 1. The 2011 William Morrow paperback and the Gollancz trade paperback (2 June 2011, ISBN 9780575099999) are later formats, not firsts, and the Daniel Radcliffe film tie-in issues are later still — "first thus" at best.
- NOS4A2 — 2013 · William Morrow, New YorkFirst printing is the William Morrow (New York) hardcover published 30 April 2013, ISBN 978-0-06-220057-0, and carries BOTH a stated 'First Edition' on the copyright page and the complete number line — dealers describe it as 'Stated First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line' and 'full number line as required'. The jacket should be priced with the price present at the front flap; a price-clipped…. US William Morrow, New York, 30 April 2013 is the true first. The UK Gollancz (London) edition was RETITLED 'NOS4R2' — the American vanity-plate reading of 'Nosferatu' does not work in British pronunciation — and was released later, in May 2013, so it does not compete for precedence despite sharing the year. Both are collected: the Morrow NOS4A2 as the true first, and the Gollancz NOS4R2 as the first UK edition…. No book-club edition documented in the sources consulted. Tells for a non-first: an incomplete number line, absence of the stated 'First Edition' on the Morrow copyright page, a remainder mark, or a price-clipped flap. Note the title trap in both directions — a UK-titled NOS4R2 copy is never the true first, and Gollancz has also issued the book under the American NOS4A2 title in later printings, which are neither….
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