4 A.M. Homes first editions are documented on this shelf, from Jack (1989) to The End of Alice (1996) across 4 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that A.M. Homes 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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- Jack — 1989 · Macmillan Publishing CompanyMacmillan hardcover, copyright 1989, ISBN 0-02-744831-2, with print code/number line ending in 1 per Macmillan practice. Yellow cloth with grey spine lettering, white paper-covered boards, in dust jacket. Homes's debut novel. The US Macmillan hardcover of 1989 is the true first. A later Vintage Contemporaries paperback (ISBN 0-679-73221-7) is a first-thus reprint, not the first. The Vintage trade paperback is the copy most often mistaken for a first; any Vintage or Random House imprint is a reprint.
- The Safety of Objects — 1990 · W.W. Norton & CompanyNorton hardcover with stated first edition and a number line ending in 1; Norton imprint on the copyright page. ISBN 0-393-02884-4. Homes's first story collection (ten stories). Confirm an unclipped jacket. The US W.W. Norton hardcover of 1990 is the true first. Later Vintage paperback is a first-thus reprint, not the first.
- In a Country of Mothers — 1993 · KnopfAlfred A. Knopf (Borzoi) hardcover, 1993, ISBN 0-679-41568-9, with the stated first edition and Knopf number line; Borzoi colophon on the copyright page. Homes's second novel. Confirm an unclipped jacket. The US Knopf hardcover of 1993 is the true first. Book-club copies typically omit the number line and original jacket price; later paperbacks (Vintage Contemporaries) are reprints.
- The End of Alice — 1996 · ScribnerScribner hardcover, 1996, ISBN 0-684-81528-1, with the Scribner colophon on the copyright page and a number line descending to 1 marking the first printing (a run reported at roughly thirty thousand copies). Bound with a red cloth spine stamped in silver over gray paper-covered boards. First-state jacket should carry its printed price at the top of the front flap and be unclipped. Homes's third novel, published…. The US Scribner hardcover of 1996 is the true first; the UK Anchor/Doubleday edition is a separate first-thus. Book-club copies lack the number line, are typically slightly smaller, and carry a jacket without the printed price.
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