2 Dorothy B. Hughes first editions are documented on this shelf, from Ride the Pink Horse (1946) to In a Lonely Place (1947). Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Dorothy B. Hughes 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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Ride the Pink Horse — 1946 · Duell, Sloan and PearceDuell, Sloan and Pearce first printings are identified on the copyright page either by a stated "First Edition" or by the Roman numeral "I"; a second printing carries the Roman numeral "II," a third "III," and so on. That Roman-numeral sequence is the decisive point for this title and is documented independently in two standard publisher-identification guides — check the copyright page for "I" before anything…. US Duell, Sloan and Pearce (New York) 1946 is the true first edition; the census claim is confirmed. No British hardcover preceding the 1946 US printing was located. Some dealers catalogue the 1946 Duell as the "First American Edition" — that is house cataloguing style and does not imply an earlier English edition exists. The Bantam paperback and all later reissues, including the modern American Mystery Classics…. No book-club edition tells specific to this title are documented in the sources consulted. The Duell, Sloan and Pearce Roman-numeral scheme is itself the working reprint tell: any numeral above "I" on the copyright page, or a copyright page bearing neither "First Edition" nor "I," rules out the first printing. Absent an attested club point (blind-stamp, absent price, or club colophon) for this title, do not….
In a Lonely Place — 1947 · Duell, Sloan and PearceDuell, Sloan and Pearce marked first printings on the copyright page with either a stated 'First Edition' or the Roman numeral 'I'; later printings are marked 'II' and so on, so a copy showing any higher numeral or printing statement is a reprint. The first edition is bound with a beige cloth spine over black pebble-grain boards (217 pages), and the first-issue dust jacket is priced, with the price present at the…. The Duell, Sloan and Pearce (New York, 1947) edition is the true first. The first UK edition did not appear until 1950, from Nicholson and Watson (London); American editions of Hughes precede the English in all cases. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, and the basis of the 1950 Nicholas Ray film. No contemporary book-club issue is documented; the trap is later Duell, Sloan and Pearce printings, which are marked on the copyright page.

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