3 Sherman Alexie first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993) to War Dances (2009) across 3 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Sherman Alexie 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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- The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven — 1993 · Atlantic Monthly Press, New YorkThe true first is the Atlantic Monthly Press (New York) 1993 hardcover — Alexie's breakthrough story collection, 223 pp. The first printing carries the publisher's "First Edition" designation with a full number line descending to 1 on the copyright page; it is bound in blue cloth (spine lettered) and issued in a priced dust jacket (price present at the flap). A scarcer glossy-wrappers advance reading copy…. US Atlantic Monthly Press 1993 (hardcover) is the true first. First-thus trap: the 2005 Grove Press issue is an expanded edition adding two new stories and is NOT the first edition, nor is the 2013 20th-anniversary paperback. The census cites a later UK edition; the UK publisher is not independently confirmed here. The common later-issue look-alikes are the 2005 expanded Grove reissue and subsequent trade paperbacks; identify the first by the AMP hardcover with number line to 1 in a priced jacket. No period book-club edition documented.
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian — 2007 · Little, Brown and Company / Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersCensus claim confirmed, with one correction to the imprint: the title page reads "LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY / New York Boston" — both cities, not New York alone — under the Little, Brown Books for Young Readers imprint. The first printing states "First edition: September 2007" on the copyright page and carries a full number code whose lowest number is 1; later printings drop the low numbers, and dealers cite an…. US: Little, Brown and Company, published 12 September 2007 — the true first, uncontested. The book won the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature in November 2007, two months after publication. No UK or original-language precedence question arises; the book was written in English and the American edition preceded all others. The National Book Award is the printing tell. The award postdates publication, so a first printing cannot have the citation printed into the jacket artwork — later printings and the current in-print edition carry "National Book Award Winner" as part of the jacket. An applied round gold embossed National Book Award Winner sticker is different: it was stuck onto existing jacket stock and dealers record it on first….
- War Dances — 2009 · Grove PressFirst edition carries the Grove Press imprint with a number line ending in 1 on the copyright page; the dust jacket shows the printed price. Issued as a hardcover with red paper-covered boards. A collection of stories and poems. The US Grove Press hardcover (2009) is the true first edition; the book won the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. No significant book-club edition is recorded; confirm the Grove Press number line ends in 1 on the copyright page.
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