3 Robert Stone first editions are documented on this shelf, from A Hall of Mirrors (1967) to A Flag for Sunrise (1981) across 3 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Robert Stone 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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- A Hall of Mirrors — 1967 · Houghton MifflinTrue first edition: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1967 (the book appeared December 1966 but is dated 1967 on the copyright page); Stone's first novel, octavo, 409 pp. The first printing is identified by 'First Printing' stated on the copyright page — Houghton Mifflin's consistent house practice from the late 1950s through the 1960s — with the date in arabic numerals on the title page. Binding is quarter gray cloth…. US Houghton Mifflin (Boston), 1967 is the true first. UK first: The Bodley Head, London, 1968 (blue boards, dust jacket designed by Yvonne Skargon, a small printing) — a genuine first UK edition but subsequent to the US. The census precedence (US 1967 / UK Bodley Head 1968) is confirmed. No book-club issue documented for the first printing. Beware copies lacking the 'First Printing' statement (later Houghton Mifflin printings) and later-state jackets that drop the Stegner blurb / coffee-mug author photo.
- Dog Soldiers — 1974 · Houghton Mifflin CompanyFirst edition, first printing: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1974. 'First Printing' is stated on the copyright page — the primary test, corroborated independently by fedpo.com and by dealer cataloguing ('first edition (stated first printing)'). Collation 342 pages, octavo. Bound in light brown cloth, lettered in black on the upper cover, the spine lettered in black and gilt; orange topstain. Jacket design by…. The census claim is confirmed. The US Houghton Mifflin (Boston) 1974 edition is the true first. The first UK edition is Secker & Warburg, London, 1975, and carries a notable wrinkle worth recording: it is a mixed issue, with Secker & Warburg stated as publisher on the title and copyright pages but Houghton Mifflin appearing on the spine and dust jacket, no price present on the jacket, and a text block slightly…. Book club copies of this title exist and are encountered, but no source consulted documented their specific tells, so no club points ship here. The reliable test is the copyright page: a copy lacking the stated 'First Printing', or carrying a number line indicating a later printing, is not the first. Do not use the absence of a jacket price as a club tell for this title — the first UK trade issue also has no….
- A Flag for Sunrise — 1981 · Alfred A. KnopfTrue first edition: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1981; 439 pp., quarter-cloth binding. The first printing is identified by 'FIRST EDITION' stated on the copyright page with no references to any subsequent printing (per fedpo.com and corroborating ABAA dealer descriptions). A remainder mark (a house stamp to the page edges) is frequently present on this title; copies without the stamp are the exception. The dust…. US Knopf (New York), 1981 is the collected true first. UK first: Secker & Warburg, London, 1981 (ISBN 0-436-49681-3) — this CORRECTS the census note of '1982'; both editions appeared in 1981, but the Knopf is the established true first. No original-language precedence issue. No book-club edition noted as a trap. The common remainder stamp is a distribution artifact, not a printing point — it does not make a copy a later printing.
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