2 Jonathan Ryder (Robert Ludlum pseudonym) first editions are documented on this shelf, from Trevayne (1973) to The Cry of the Halidon (1974). Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Jonathan Ryder (Robert Ludlum pseudonym) 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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Trevayne — 1973 · Delacorte PressTrue first was issued under the 'Jonathan Ryder' pseudonym by Delacorte Press, New York, 1973, carrying the words 'First printing' stated on the copyright page (Delacorte of this period identified firsts with a stated printing line rather than a number line). Binding is black cloth over red boards stamped in gold and red, with red topstain and black endpapers; issued in pictorial dust jacket with the printed…. The 1973 Delacorte printing credited to Jonathan Ryder is the genuine first. Ludlum used the pseudonym because a novelist was not then expected to publish more than one book a year. The novel was later reissued under Ludlum's own name (1989); that reissue is not the first. Book-club copies lack the stated 'First printing' line and are typically identified by a blind-stamped dot or gutter code to the rear board and a jacket without printed price; the later Ludlum-credited reissue is likewise not the true first.
The Cry of the Halidon — 1974 · Delacorte PressTrue first was issued under the 'Jonathan Ryder' pseudonym by Delacorte Press, New York, 1974, carrying the words 'First printing' stated on the copyright page (Delacorte of this period identified firsts with a stated printing line rather than a number line). Issued in pictorial dust jacket; the printed jacket price should be present, though a first is identified by the copyright-page statement rather than by…. The 1974 Delacorte printing credited to Jonathan Ryder is the genuine first. The novel was later reissued under Ludlum's own name (1996); that reissue is not the first. Book-club copies lack the stated 'First printing' line and are typically identified by a blind-stamped dot or gutter code to the rear board and a jacket without printed price; the later Ludlum-credited reissue is likewise not the true first.

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