8 Gretel Ehrlich first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Solace of Open Spaces (1985) to The Future of Ice: A Journey into Cold (2004) across 4 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Gretel Ehrlich 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 Solace of Open Spaces — 1985 · VikingFirst printing with the Viking imprint, 1985, with the number line on the copyright page ending in 1 and a priced first-issue dust jacket. A collection of Wyoming high-plains essays. The US Viking 1985 edition is the true first and Ehrlich's essay debut. The UK edition and later Penguin paperback are separate states. Identified by the intact number line ending in 1 and the priced first-issue jacket; book-club copies typically lack the full number line and carry a blind stamp.
- Heart Mountain — 1988 · VikingViking (New York) hardcover first printing, 1988 (ISBN 0-670-82160-8), Ehrlich's first novel, issued in a pictorial dust jacket that should retain its printed price. The first printing carries the number line on the copyright page; a complete descending line ending in 1 with the Viking imprint and 1988 date marks the first. First-edition copies collate to roughly 412 pages. True first US edition and Ehrlich's first novel, Viking 1988. Distinguish the Viking first printing from the later Penguin trade paperback (ISBN 0-14-010906-4), which reprints the text but is not the first edition.
- Islands, the Universe, Home — 1991 · VikingViking (New York) hardcover first edition, 1991, with number line present ending in 1; issued in dust jacket (ISBN 0-670-82161-6). Collection of ten personal essays, illustrated with the author's brush paintings. True first US edition of this essay collection. Distinguish from the later Penguin paperback (ISBN 0140109072).
- A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck by Lightning — 1994 · PantheonPantheon (New York) hardcover first edition, 1994, with 'First Edition' stated and the number line ending in 1; issued in dust jacket (ISBN 0-679-42550-0). Memoir of her recovery after being struck by lightning. True first US edition of this memoir. Distinguish from the later Penguin paperback (ISBN 0140179372).
- Questions of Heaven: The Chinese Journeys of an American Buddhist — 1997 · Beacon PressBeacon Press (Boston) hardcover first edition, 1997, ISBN 0-8070-7310-5, issued in dust jacket; approximately 144 pages. A slim volume on her journey up the sacred mountain Emei Shan. First-printing copies carry the priced jacket and the 0807073105 hardcover ISBN. True first US edition; Beacon Press hardcover, 1997. Distinguish the hardcover first (ISBN 0807073105) from the later paperback (ISBN 0807073113).
- John Muir: Nature's Visionary — 2000 · National GeographicNational Geographic Society hardcover, 2000, illustrated photobiography issued in a dust jacket. National Geographic Society trade titles of this period generally carry no printer's number line; the first printing is identified by a copyright page showing the 2000 date with no statement of a later printing. ISBN 0792279549 / 9780792279549. True first edition. A US-original biography published by the National Geographic Society in 2000, with no prior UK or Canadian edition. No book-club edition concern.
- This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland — 2001 · PantheonPantheon (New York) hardcover first edition, 2001, with 'First Edition' stated on the copyright page and the number line ending in 1 (ISBN 0-679-44200-6), about 377 pages. Bound in quarter cloth over boards with the spine lettered in silver, and issued with map endpapers. The first-state dust jacket carries a photographic iceberg image and should retain its printed flap price (present, not clipped). True first US edition; no earlier printing precedes it. No book-club edition concern for the stated first printing.
- The Future of Ice: A Journey into Cold — 2004 · PantheonPantheon Books hardcover, 2004. First printing identified by 'First Edition' stated on the copyright page together with a full number line descending to 1. Issued with a dust jacket. ISBN 0375422515 / 9780375422515. True first edition. Originally published in the United States by Pantheon in 2004; no prior UK or Canadian edition precedes it. A later Vintage trade paperback (ISBN 1400034353) is a subsequent reprint, not the first. No book-club edition concern.
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