6 Bobbie Ann Mason first editions are documented on this shelf, from Shiloh and Other Stories (1982) to Midnight Magic: Selected Stories (1998) across 3 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Bobbie Ann Mason 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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- Shiloh and Other Stories — 1982 · Harper & RowStated 'First Edition' on the copyright page accompanied by a complete number line. Author's first book; sixteen stories; quarter cloth over boards. Issued in a dust jacket with the price on the front flap. Won the Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award (PEN/Hemingway Award) for a first work of fiction. US Harper & Row edition is the true first; the UK Chatto & Windus edition followed in 1983. Book club editions lack the stated First Edition line and number line, carry a rear-board blind stamp, and have no price on the jacket flap.
- In Country — 1985 · Harper & RowFirst printing identified by the Harper & Row first-printing code on the copyright page, with no later-printing statement present. Bound in quarter beige cloth over tan paper boards with gilt spine lettering. The first-issue dust jacket carries its original printed price on the front flap (present, not clipped). Mason's first novel. US first edition (Harper & Row, New York, 1985) is the true first. The UK edition (Chatto & Windus) follows in 1986. Book-club editions are blind-stamped on the rear board, are slightly smaller, and carry a jacket with no printed flap price; the copyright code line changes on later printings.
- Spence + Lila — 1988 · Harper & RowFirst printing identified by the Harper first-printing code line on the copyright page. An illustrated short novel (drawings by LaNelle Mason), issued in the Harper Short Novel Series; first-issue jacket priced on the flap. US first edition (Harper & Row, New York). The UK edition (Chatto & Windus) follows in 1989. The copyright code line changes on later printings; no significant book-club issue noted.
- Love Life: Stories — 1989 · Harper & RowFirst printing identified by the Harper & Row copyright-page convention: the words "First Edition" printed above (or alongside) the descending number line, with the line running down to 1. A collection of sixteen stories of small-town life; the first-issue dust jacket carries the printed price on the front flap, and the price should be present on an unclipped example. US first edition, Harper & Row, New York, 1989 (ISBN 0-06-016042-X); the UK Chatto & Windus edition follows. The "First Edition" statement is removed and the number line advances (dropping the 1) on later Harper printings.
- Feather Crowns — 1993 · HarperCollinsHarperCollins first edition, New York, 1993, identified by the stated "First Edition" on the copyright page together with a complete descending number line ending in 1. Tall octavo (about 6 the printed price by 9 the printed price inches) in quarter black cloth over beige boards, with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. The first-issue pictorial dust jacket uses detail from artwork by Iacone Ink and…. US first edition (HarperCollins, New York), preceding the later trade paperback reissue. A price-clipped or blind-stamped jacket, or a jacket lacking the printed flap price, signals a book-club or later state; the first printing shows both the "First Edition" statement and the full number line ending in 1. A stated second printing exists in an otherwise similar jacket.
- Midnight Magic: Selected Stories — 1998 · Ecco PressA first-thus selection of seventeen previously published stories drawn from Shiloh and Other Stories and Love Life, with a new introduction by the author. First printing follows the Ecco number-line convention. US first edition of this selection (Ecco Press, Hopewell, New Jersey). The contents are first-thus only; the individual stories appeared earlier in Mason's two prior collections. No significant book-club issue noted.
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