2 Doris Kearns Goodwin first editions are documented on this shelf, from No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II (1994) to Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (2005). Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Doris Kearns Goodwin 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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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II — 1994 · Simon & SchusterSimon & Schuster half blue cloth over boards, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. The copyright page states 'First Printing' accompanied by a full number line, and the first-state jacket, designed by Robert Anthony, carries the original printed price on the front flap. The work won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for History, so many later trade printings exist; a genuine first shows both the 'First Printing'…. US Simon & Schuster (New York) is the true first edition. Awarded the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for History. The Book-of-the-Month Club issue is typically smaller and lighter in build, lacks a printed price on the jacket, and omits the 'First Printing' statement and the number line; a blind-stamped dot or square to the rear board is a common club tell.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln — 2005 · Simon & SchusterCopyright page carries a full number line counting down to 1, identifying the first printing. ISBN 0-684-82490-6; thick octavo of roughly 900 pages in brown and black cloth; first-issue jacket retains the printed price unclipped. The US Simon & Schuster edition is the true first, preceding the UK (Penguin) edition. Basis for the film 'Lincoln.'. No major book-club hardcover competes; the usual confusion is with later Simon & Schuster printings. The full number line counting down to 1 plus the unclipped printed-price jacket identify the first printing.

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