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…. The accepted first stands, with one caveat. 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 0-297-85152-7 — and is separately…. 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.
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 are sought.

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