2 Gordon S. Wood first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (1969) to The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1992) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Gordon S. Wood 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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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 — 1969 · University of North Carolina PressCloth; published by the University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill) for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1969, with first-printing indicia on the copyright page and no later-printing statement. The dust jacket is priced. University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill), for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, issued the true first in 1969. Won the Bancroft Prize in 1970. Academic-press title with no book-club variant; identify the first by the 1969 date and absence of any later-printing statement.
The Radicalism of the American Revolution — 1992 · Alfred A. KnopfQuarter cloth over boards (cloth-backed boards), issued as a Borzoi book by Alfred A. Knopf. The copyright page states 'First Edition' accompanied by the running-borzoi (Borzoi) colophon; Knopf firsts of this period carry the stated-edition line rather than a descending number line. First-issue dust jacket should retain its printed price on the front flap and is unclipped-agnostic for identification. Book-club…. Alfred A. Knopf (New York), a Borzoi book, issued the true first. The copyright is 1992 though the book reached the trade in late 1991; the 1992-dated Knopf hardcover is the first edition. It won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History and the 1993 Bancroft Prize. The Knopf trade first carries 'First Edition' with the Borzoi device and a printed-price jacket; book-club issues are unpriced and lack that statement.

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