2 Anne Carson first editions are documented on this shelf, from Glass, Irony and God (1995) to Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (1998) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Anne Carson 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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- Glass, Irony and God — 1995 · New DirectionsNew Directions Paperbook original (NDP 808), issued in wrappers with an introduction by Guy Davenport; ISBN 0811213021. First printing carries a full number line on the copyright page descending to 1; confirm it reaches 1. US New Directions Paperbook is the true first issue, published in wrappers in 1995. Later printings reduce the number line; verify it reaches 1.
- Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse — 1998 · Alfred A. KnopfFirst edition so stated on the copyright page with a full number line descending to 1; publisher's cream boards backed with bronze cloth, gilt spine lettering, in dust jacket with original price; 149 pp; ISBN 0375401334. Published 1998. US Knopf is the true first. Signed and inscribed copies are sought. A Vintage Contemporaries paperback followed as a later issue. The Vintage Contemporaries paperback, or any copy lacking the 'First Edition' statement or with a number line not reaching 1, is a reprint.
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