3 Jim Harrison first editions are documented on this shelf, from Wolf: A False Memoir (1971) to Dalva (1988) across 3 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Jim Harrison 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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- Wolf: A False Memoir — 1971 · Simon & SchusterWhite cloth boards with bold black lettering on the spine and front board; black top stain (top edge dyed black); octavo, 225 pp. Color pictorial dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon, unclipped and retaining its original printed price on the flap. Harrison's first novel. Collectors watch for a remainder mark stamped on the bottom of the textblock; copies without such a mark are the more desirable state. US Simon & Schuster, New York, 1971 is the true first (ISBN 0-671-21057-1). A UK first followed from Eyre Methuen. Later printings lack the first-printing statement; book-club issues lack the original printed jacket price and use cheaper boards.
- Legends of the Fall — 1979 · Delacorte Press / Seymour LawrenceFirst edition so stated on the copyright page (first printing statement present); full cloth binding with color endpapers; [x],276,[2] pp.; jacket art by Russell Chatham, unclipped with original price. First printing of 12,000 copies (Orr & Torrey bibliography A14.c). US Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, New York, 1979 is the true first (three-novella volume: Revenge, The Man Who Gave Up His Name, and Legends of the Fall). The UK first followed from Collins, 1980. Book-of-the-Month and other book-club issues carry a blind-stamp to the rear board, lack the original jacket price, use a cheaper binding, and omit the stated-first-edition statement.
- Dalva — 1988 · E.P. Dutton / Seymour LawrenceQuarter white cloth over green paper boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine; green endpapers; [14],3-324 pp.; number line present ending in 1 on the copyright page; dust-jacket painting by Russell Chatham, original price on the front flap. US E.P. Dutton / Seymour Lawrence, New York, 1988 is the true first. The UK first followed from Collins, 1989. Book-club copies lack the original flap price, carry a blind-stamp to the board, and do not show the number line ending in 1.
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