3 Andre Dubus first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Lieutenant (1967) to Adultery & Other Choices (1977) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Andre Dubus 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 Lieutenant — 1967 · Dial PressFirst printing from The Dial Press, New York, 1967; dust jacket priced on the front flap. Dubus's first book and his only novel, published the year after he finished the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Genuinely scarce. The US Dial Press 1967 edition is the true first; this, not Separate Flights, is Dubus's actual debut book. Later and reprint copies lack the original priced first-issue jacket; confirm the Dial Press first-printing copyright statement and the priced flap.
- Separate Flights — 1975 · David R. GodineFirst printing from David R. Godine, Boston, 1975; original cloth in dust jacket priced 8.95 on the front flap. Dubus's first story collection (his second book). Won the Boston Globe's first Laurence L. Winship Award (1975). The US David R. Godine 1975 edition is the true first of this collection; it is Dubus's first book of short fiction but not his debut book, which is The Lieutenant (1967). Godine copies lacking the 8.95 first-state flap price, or stating a later printing on the copyright page, are not the first printing.
- Adultery & Other Choices — 1977 · David R. GodinePublished in Boston by David R. Godine, 1977. First edition, first printing so stated on the copyright page. Red cloth stamped in gold; 178 pp.; pictorial dust jacket depicting an unmade bed on the front panel. Ten stories, including 'Killings' (later the basis for the 2001 film 'In the Bedroom') and the novella 'Adultery.'. US David R. Godine, Boston, 1977 is the true first. No simultaneous UK edition precedes it. Later printings and paperbacks carry reprint statements and lack the first-issue pictorial jacket.
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