2 Dave Eggers first editions are documented on this shelf, from A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000) to The Eyes and the Impossible (2023) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Dave Eggers 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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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius — 2000 · Simon & SchusterCopyright page states First Edition with a full number line ending in 1; ISBN 0-684-86347-8. First printing carries the original unrevised front matter and the elaborate copyright-page and preface jokes/acknowledgments. Binding is two-tone gray paper over boards with a maroon cloth-backed spine; the first-issue jacket carries the original printed price on the front flap and a scene from the text rather than…. US Simon & Schuster is the true first, preceding the UK (Picador) edition. Eggers's debut; the original unrevised first-printing front matter and acknowledgments differ from those of later printings. No book-club hardcover of note; the principal tell is the original unrevised first-printing front matter plus the number line ending in 1 and the original printed-price jacket. Later printings altered the joke text and revised the front matter.
The Eyes and the Impossible — 2023 · Knopf Books for Young Readers / McSweeney'sFirst edition 2023, illustrated by Shawn Harris. Two states were released simultaneously and are tracked separately: the standard Knopf Books for Young Readers trade hardcover (ISBN 9781524764203), and the deluxe McSweeney's edition bound in die-cut bamboo (solid front and back covers) with gilt page edges. On the Knopf trade edition the first printing carries a number line ending in 1 with a 2023 copyright;…. US true first. Because the Knopf trade and the McSweeney's deluxe editions were published simultaneously, neither has clear precedence over the other; collectors treat them as distinct first issues. Newbery Medal 2024. On the trade edition, a number line not ending in 1 indicates a later printing; post-award printings and jackets add the seal. Distinguish the McSweeney's bamboo/wood-board deluxe issue from the standard Knopf trade edition.

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