6 Annie Proulx first editions are documented on this shelf, from Heart Songs and Other Stories (1988) to That Old Ace in the Hole (2002) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Annie Proulx 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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- Heart Songs and Other Stories — 1988 · Charles Scribner's SonsFirst printing with the Scribner number line and no later-printing statement; collection of nine stories; dust jacket bearing the printed price, unclipped, with jacket photography by Ben Shahn. Proulx's scarce first book and her most sought-after first edition. Byline "E. Annie Proulx.". US Scribner's 1988 first edition is the true first. A 1995 expanded reprint adds two stories and is a "first thus," not the true first. No prominent book-club edition issue; the 1995 expanded edition (with two added stories) is a distinct, later issue. Verify the 1988 date and the nine-story count.
- Postcards — 1992 · Charles Scribner's SonsFirst printing with the Scribner number line and no later-printing statement; quarter brown cloth over speckled beige paper boards, spine lettered in gilt; 308 pp.; illustrated dust jacket bearing the printed price, unclipped. Proulx's first novel (after the story collection Heart Songs) and winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. US Scribner's is the true first; the UK 4th Estate edition (1993) follows. Genuine firsts in a fine, unclipped jacket are the desirable state. The byline reads "E. Annie Proulx.". No prominent book-club edition issue; later printings carry a printing statement.
- The Shipping News — 1993 · Charles Scribner's SonsFirst printing with the Scribner number line and no later-printing statement; dust jacket bearing the printed price, unclipped. Won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; the first-state jacket carries no award stickers or printed award text. Byline "E. Annie Proulx.". US Scribner's is the true first; the UK 4th Estate edition (1993) follows. The most-collected Proulx title; fine first-state jacketed copies are prized. Book-of-the-Month Club editions are smaller, lack the number line, are blind-stamped on the rear board, and have no printed price on the jacket; later printings carry a printing statement and may add the Pulitzer/NBA to the jacket.
- Accordion Crimes — 1996 · ScribnerFirst printing with the Scribner number line and no later-printing statement; quarter brown cloth over beige paper boards, spine lettered in copper; dust jacket bearing the printed price, unclipped. Byline "E. Annie Proulx." A separate signed, numbered limited issue of 2,500 copies with a tipped-in limitation leaf was also produced. US Scribner's is the true first; the UK 4th Estate edition (1996) follows. Book-of-the-Month Club editions are smaller, lack the number line, are blind-stamped, and have no printed price on the jacket.
- Close Range: Wyoming Stories (contains "Brokeback Mountain") — 1999 · ScribnerFirst printing with the Scribner number line and no later-printing statement; quarter black cloth over green paper boards; dust jacket bearing the printed price, unclipped. Contains the first book appearance of "Brokeback Mountain" (which first appeared in The New Yorker, October 1997). The first edition is illustrated with six full-page color paintings by William Matthews not present in later printings. Byline…. US Scribner's is the true first book appearance of the collection; the separate 2005 stand-alone "Brokeback Mountain" booklet (a movie tie-in) is a later "first thus," not the first appearance. Book-of-the-Month Club editions are smaller, lack the number line, are blind-stamped, and have no printed price on the jacket. The 2005 Scribner stand-alone Brokeback Mountain is a distinct, later issue.
- That Old Ace in the Hole — 2002 · ScribnerFirst printing is identified by the Scribner imprint with the words "First Edition" stated on the copyright page together with a complete descending number line including the numeral 1. The dust jacket carries the original printed price on the front flap. The US Scribner edition (2002) is the true first. The UK Fourth Estate edition followed in 2003. No significant book-club edition is a concern here. Later printings remove the 1 from the number line or otherwise indicate a later printing.
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