4 Jeanette Winterson first editions are documented on this shelf, from Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985) to Written on the Body (1992) across 3 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Jeanette Winterson 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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- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit — 1985 · Pandora PressTrue first published by Pandora Press, London, 1985 - NOT Bloomsbury, Vintage, or Grove. Critically, the Pandora first was a paperback original in illustrated wrappers, never a hardcover, so there are no 'boards' to look for. Winterson's debut; won the Whitbread Award for a First Novel. Scarce in the original wrappers. The UK Pandora Press 1985 paperback original is the true first; the common Vintage and Grove editions are later reprints. US Atlantic Monthly Press followed in 1987. Vintage, Grove, and TV-tie-in editions are all later reprints; Pandora 1985 is the only true first.
- The Passion — 1987 · BloomsburyFirst UK hardcover, Bloomsbury, London, 1987, stating 'First published in Great Britain 1987' on the copyright page (ISBN 0747500347). Issued with a coloured ribbon marker; the priced dust jacket should be present and unclipped. Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. The UK Bloomsbury 1987 hardcover is the true first; the US Atlantic Monthly Press edition followed in 1988, so the UK precedes. No notable book-club edition. Do not confuse the 1991 Bloomsbury Classics reissue (black cloth, gilt spine titles) with the 1987 first hardcover.
- Sexing the Cherry — 1989 · BloomsburyFirst UK hardcover, Bloomsbury 1989, stating 'First published 1989' on the copyright page, about 160 pages on cream paper. Bound in dark blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt decoration to the front cover, and issued with an integral blue silk ribbon place-marker. The illustrated dust jacket should retain its printed price on the flap and be unclipped. Won the E.M. Forster Award from the American…. The UK Bloomsbury 1989 hardcover is the true first; the US Atlantic Monthly Press edition followed in 1990, so the UK precedes. No notable book-club edition. Confirm the 'First published 1989' statement, the dark blue boards with gilt spine and front-cover decoration, and the integral blue silk marker.
- Written on the Body — 1992 · Jonathan CapeFirst UK hardcover, Jonathan Cape, London, 1992, stating 'First published 1992' on the copyright page (ISBN 0 224 03587 8), 190 pages. Bound in black cloth with gilt titling to the spine. The narrator is deliberately unnamed and never gendered, a defining feature of the text. First-state dust jacket has an orange spine with black-and-white lettering; the printed UK net price should be present on the jacket, and a…. The Jonathan Cape 1992 London hardcover is the true first edition. The US Alfred A. Knopf edition followed in 1993, so the UK printing precedes and is the first in English. No notable book-club edition is recorded for this title.
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