2 Brian Greene first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (1999) to The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (2004) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Brian Greene 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 Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory — 1999 · W. W. Norton & CompanyUS W. W. Norton first edition, 1999, ISBN 0-393-04688-5. The first printing is identified by the full Norton number line on the copyright page running 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 (the presence of the 1 marks the first printing). Cloth-bound hardcover, illustrated, with notes, glossary and index; the first-issue dust jacket carries the printed price on the front flap. The US Norton edition is the true first, preceding the UK Jonathan Cape edition (1999). A later Vintage paperback issued 'with a new preface' is a separate 'first thus.'. No major book-club issue. Distinguish from later Norton printings (the number line no longer begins with 1) and from the UK Cape first. The full ascending number line beginning with 1, plus a printed-price jacket, identify the first printing.
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality — 2004 · Alfred A. KnopfA Borzoi Book; copyright page states 'First Edition' with no later-printing statement, per Knopf's convention of a stated 'First Edition' rather than a number line. ISBN 0-375-41288-3; illustrated; first-issue jacket carries the printed price. The US Knopf edition is the true first. Do not confuse this title with Greene's earlier 'The Elegant Universe' (Norton, 1999), a separate book. No book-club hardcover of note. The chief confusion is later Knopf printings that drop the 'First Edition' statement. The stated 'First Edition' plus a printed-price jacket identify the first printing.

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