3 Andrea Barrett first editions are documented on this shelf, from Ship Fever and Other Stories (1996) to Servants of the Map (2002) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Andrea Barrett 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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- Ship Fever and Other Stories — 1996 · W. W. NortonFull descending number line present on the copyright page; W. W. Norton (New York) imprint; half white cloth over white boards with copper lettering; first-issue dust jacket priced on the front flap. Issued in cloth and in a simultaneous trade paperback; the cloth first is the collectible issue and is genuinely scarce. The US Norton hardcover of 1996 is the true first edition. It won the 1996 National Book Award for Fiction. The cloth first had a small print run and is uncommon. The simultaneous Norton trade paperback is not the collectible first. Confirm the cloth binding and a complete number line ending in 1.
- The Voyage of the Narwhal — 1998 · W.W. Norton & CompanyNorton first edition, first printing, with a complete number line descending to 1 on the copyright page and the original price present on the front jacket flap. Hardcover, ISBN 0-393-04632-X. A novel of a 19th-century Arctic expedition. US W.W. Norton, 1998 is the true first; the hardcover precedes the later trade paperback. Paperback and later printings carry reprint statements; book-club issues lack the flap price and the full number line.
- Servants of the Map — 2002 · W.W. Norton & CompanyNorton first edition, first printing, with a complete number line descending to 1 on the copyright page and the original price present on the front jacket flap. Story collection; a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. US W.W. Norton, 2002 is the true first. Later printings and the paperback carry reprint statements; book-club issues lack the flap price and full number line.
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