4 Anne Enright first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Portable Virgin (1991) to The Gathering (2007) across 3 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Anne Enright 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 Portable Virgin — 1991 · Secker & WarburgFirst edition published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1991 (ISBN 0436200147), stating 'First published in 1991'; publisher's cloth in the unclipped dust wrapper. Enright's first book, a collection of seventeen short stories; won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 1991. Scarce. UK Secker & Warburg (1991) is the true first; there was no contemporaneous US edition, so the UK issue is the precedence point. The later Vintage paperback re-issue (ISBN 0099437392) is a reprint, not the first.
- The Wig My Father Wore — 1995 · Jonathan CapeFirst edition published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1995 (ISBN 0224040553), stating 'First published 1995'; hardcover in the priced, unclipped dust jacket. The first issue carries a printed promotional belly band over the jacket. Enright's debut novel. UK Jonathan Cape (1995) is the true first; the first US edition followed substantially later. UK strongly precedes. Later Vintage/Penguin paperbacks (e.g. ISBN 0749397152) are reprints, not the first.
- What Are You Like? — 2000 · Jonathan CapeFirst edition published by Jonathan Cape, London, 2000, as 'a Jonathan Cape Original' paperback (ISBN 0224060635); first edition, first printing. Enright's second novel; shortlisted for the 2000 Whitbread Novel Award and a winner of the Encore Award. The UK Cape paperback original (2000) is the first edition; the US Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover (ISBN 0871138166) was also published in 2000, so this is a same-year situation with the UK original generally taken as the first. Later Vintage/Penguin paperbacks are reprints; note that the UK first is a paperback original, not a hardcover.
- The Gathering — 2007 · Jonathan CapeLondon: Jonathan Cape, 2007. Copyright page states first publication in 2007 by Jonathan Cape, with the Cape number line descending to 1 on the first printing; original black cloth lettered in silver to the spine, dark green endpapers, sterling-priced dust jacket. 2007 Booker Prize winner. The UK Cape hardcover (3 May 2007) precedes the US Grove/Black Cat paperback original (10 September 2007). The UK Jonathan Cape 2007 hardcover is the true first; the US Grove/Black Cat appeared as a trade paperback original later in 2007, its first state lacking the Booker medallion. No book-club edition; the key distinction is the UK Cape hardcover first versus the US Grove/Black Cat paperback issue.
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