2 Gillian Flynn first editions are documented on this shelf, from Sharp Objects (2006) to Gone Girl (2012) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Gillian Flynn 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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Sharp Objects — 2006 · Shaye Areheart Books / Crown Publishing GroupThe first printing carries both marks together on the copyright page: "First Edition" stated AND the full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 — the surviving "1" is decisive, and a copy with the statement but a truncated line is a later printing. Hardcover, 254 pp, ISBN 0-307-34154-2 / 978-0-307-34154-9, in the metallic-embossed pictorial dust jacket with the price present at the front flap (unclipped). The author's…. Census claim confirmed as to the accepted first, with a caveat the census did not flag. The US Shaye Areheart Books edition (New York, published 26 September 2006) is the accepted true first — Flynn is American and publisher and reference records give the US as the country of first publication. But the UK first from Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London) is also dated 2006 — green boards with silver spine lettering, ISBN…. No book-club issue is documented in the sources consulted. The live reprint traps are the Broadway Books trade paperback (2013) and the post-Gone Girl printings, which carry the same text under a different imprint with a later number line. Separately: the census note's "small pre-Gone Girl printing" is a scarcity assertion unsupported by any source consulted and is not carried forward here.
Gone Girl — 2012 · Crown PublishersCrown first printing: copyright page states 'First Edition' AND has a number line descending to 1 ('10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'). All printings may say 'First Edition,' so the NUMBER LINE ending in 1 is the deciding point. Dust jacket with its printed price; published June 5, 2012. US Crown 2012 is the true first, concurrent with/preceding the UK Weidenfeld & Nicolson edition. The US first-printing (line to 1) is the collectible; later printings (line not reaching 1) are not. No traditional cloth BCE; the controlling distinction is the number line. Later printings retain 'First Edition' on the copyright page but show a number line that does NOT reach 1. Signed first printings command a premium.

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