2 Loren Eiseley first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Immense Journey (1957) to The Night Country (1971) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Loren Eiseley 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 Immense Journey — 1957 · Random HouseQuarter-cloth over boards, octavo, 210 pp. The copyright page states First Printing with the Random House colophon (torchbearer). The first-state jacket is priced on the front flap; a well-preserved example shows the color titling intact. The actual book is The Immense Journey by Loren Eiseley. US Random House (New York, 1957) is the true first edition. Eiseley's classic essay collection. Book-club issue lacks a jacket price and the First Printing statement and may show a blind-stamp on the rear board.
The Night Country — 1971 · Charles Scribner's SonsQuarter-cloth over boards, illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. Copyright page carries the Scribner letter A (or A with colophon) marking the first printing; first-state jacket is priced on the front flap. US Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, 1971) is the true first edition, full title The Night Country: Reflections of a Bone-Hunting Man. Reprints and later printings lack the Scribner A first-printing indicia.

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