3 Sarah J. Maas first editions are documented on this shelf, from A Court of Thorns and Roses (2015) to House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City) (2020) across 3 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Sarah J. Maas 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 Court of Thorns and Roses — 2015 · BloomsburyBloomsbury, published May 5, 2015. The US first (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, ISBN 9781619634442) and the UK first (Bloomsbury, ISBN 9781408857861) appeared simultaneously, each a true first of its market. The true first hardcover has a full number line ending in 1 and a priced first-state jacket. Cornerstone of the modern romantasy boom and Maas's most-collected series opener. Both the US (Bloomsbury USA Childrens) and UK (Bloomsbury) firsts were published the same day, May 5, 2015; either is a true first for its market. Confirm the priced jacket and number line ending in 1. Signed and illustrated later editions are 'first thus.'. No book-club issue. The trap is the many later printings and the illustrated/special editions. Confirm the number line ends in 1 and the first-state priced jacket.
- A Court of Mist and Fury — 2016 · Bloomsbury USA Children's, New YorkBloomsbury USA Children's, New York, published 3 May 2016, hardcover in jacket, ISBN 978-1-61963-446-6. The first printing carries the full number line on the copyright page reading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 — that is, the line begins with 1. The second printing of the same edition is identical in binding, jacket and title page and is separated ONLY by its number line, which begins at 2 (2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10); multiple…. Census claim corrected in an important respect. Publication was indeed same-day on both sides of the Atlantic — 3 May 2016 — but 'Bloomsbury simultaneous US/UK' is true of the date only, not the format: the US Bloomsbury USA Children's issue is a HARDCOVER, while the simultaneous Bloomsbury (UK) issue, ISBN 978-1-4088-5788-5, is a trade PAPERBACK, the ACOTAR series having been published as paperback originals in…. No book-club edition is documented for this title in the sources consulted. The 'first thus' traps are the later Bloomsbury US trade paperback (ISBN 978-1-63557-558-3), the reissues from 2020 onward with redesigned adult-market jackets, and above all the subscription-box and retailer-exclusive productions — Fairyloot, Illumicrate, Barnes & Noble and similar — which carry sprayed or painted edges, foiled boards,….
- House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City) — 2020 · Bloomsbury Publishing, New YorkBloomsbury Publishing, New York, published 3 March 2020, hardcover in jacket, ISBN 978-1-63557-404-3, approx. 803 pp., jacket art by Carlos Quevedo carrying the crescent-moon sigil, with illustrated endpapers. The first printing is identified by the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 on the copyright page; dealers separate it on that alone, and a copy whose line no longer begins with 1 is a later impression of…. Census claim confirmed on date and publisher, refuted on the sprayed-edges point. Both the US issue (Bloomsbury Publishing, New York) and the UK issue (Bloomsbury, London) were published 3 March 2020 as hardbacks, so each is a first edition of its own territory and both are collected; the US issue is the one normally cited as 'the' first. The census's 'first printings with sprayed edges collected' is wrong and…. No book-club edition is documented. The traps, in order of how often they mislead: (a) subscription-box and retailer-exclusive editions — the Fairyloot Crescent City exclusives, with redesigned jackets, foiled boards with character art, illustrated endpapers, foil-detailed slipcase and digitally sprayed fore-edges, did not ship until roughly March–April 2023, three years after publication, and the Illumicrate and….
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