2 Ana Castillo first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Mixquiahuala Letters (1986) to So Far from God (1993) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Ana Castillo 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 Mixquiahuala Letters — 1986 · Bilingual Press / Editorial BilingueCastillo's first novel and winner of an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. Published by Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue, Binghamton, New York, 1986. The recognized first is the paperback original in wrappers (ISBN 0-916950-67-5); a clothbound issue under a companion ISBN (0-916950-68-9) was also recorded. Widely reprinted later by Doubleday in 1992 (ISBN 0-385-42013-7). The Bilingual Press 1986 issue is the true first. The 1992 Doubleday edition is a later first-thus by a different publisher, not the first. No book club edition; the common Doubleday/Anchor 1992 reprint carries a different publisher and ISBN and is not the first.
So Far from God — 1993 · W. W. NortonPublished by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-393-03490-9). The first printing states 'First Edition' on the copyright page accompanied by a number line that includes the '1', per Norton's standard practice of the period. Issued in hardcover with the original price-bearing, unclipped dust jacket. The US Norton 1993 hardcover is the true first. Later Plume/Norton paperback reprints are not the hardcover first. Note that Norton occasionally left the 'First Edition' statement on subsequent printings, so the number line including the '1' is the reliable confirming point.

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