5 Marjane Satrapi first editions are documented on this shelf, from Persepolis (Tome 1) (2000) to Embroideries (2005) across 5 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Marjane Satrapi 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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- Persepolis (Tome 1) — 2000 · L'AssociationFrench-language original, softcover, L'Association, Collection Ciboulette, 2000, 76 pp (ISBN 2-84414-058-0; ISBN-13 978-2-84414-058-6). Black-and-white throughout. Earliest printing carries an achevé d'imprimer dated 2000. The French L'Association edition (four volumes, 2000-2003) is the true first edition of Persepolis. The US Pantheon (2003) and UK Jonathan Cape (2003) English editions are later translations. Tome 1 (2000) is the earliest volume. No book-club edition. The English Pantheon volumes and the omnibus Complete Persepolis are later 'first thus' editions for English.
- Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood — 2000 (French) / 2003 (English) · L'AssociationFrench true first: Persepolis tome 1, L'Association, Collection Ciboulette, Paris, 2000, softcover, 76 pp., ISBN 2-84414-058-6 (9782844140586). English first: Pantheon Books, New York, 2003, hardcover in jacket, 153 pp., translated by Mattias Ripa and Blake Ferris, ISBN 0-375-42230-7 (9780375422300); first-printing copies carry the Pantheon copyright-page printing line with no later-printing statement. True first is the French L'Association edition (Persepolis tome 1, 2000), first of four French volumes issued 2000 to 2003. The 2003 Pantheon is the first English and first US edition, and it combines French volumes 1 and 2 into a single 153-page book. Collectors separate the French original-language true first from the 2003 Pantheon first English. No book-club edition. The mass-market trap is The Complete Persepolis (2007, single-volume softcover) and later movie tie-ins, all well after the 2000 French and 2003 English firsts. Verify the L'Association Ciboulette imprint for the French first, or the 2003 Pantheon copyright page for the English first.
- Persepolis (English, Vol. 1) — 2003 · Pantheon BooksFirst US English edition, Pantheon Books, 2003 (ISBN 0-375-42230-4, hardcover; ISBN-13 978-0-375-42230-0). First printing identified by a number line ending in 1. Translated by Blake Ferris and Mattias Ripa; edited by Anjali Singh. This volume combines the first two French L'Association volumes. The true first English-language edition (US Pantheon, 2003), but a translation; the French L'Association edition is the overall true first. The UK Jonathan Cape edition appeared the same year (2003). No book-club edition; the Complete Persepolis omnibus (2007) is a later collected edition, 'first thus' for the combined work.
- Chicken with Plums (Poulet aux prunes) — 2004 · L'AssociationFrench original Poulet aux prunes published by L'Association in 2004 is the true first. The first English-language edition is the Pantheon Books hardcover of 2006, translated by Anjali Singh, with a number line ending in 1 on the copyright page for the first printing. The French L'Association edition of 2004 is the true first. The Pantheon hardcover of 2006 is the first edition in English. No book-club edition.
- Embroideries — 2005 · Pantheon BooksFirst English-language edition: Pantheon Books hardcover, 2005, translated by Anjali Singh, with a full number line ending in 1 on the copyright page indicating the first printing. The French original Broderies (L'Association, 2003) is the true first appearance in any language. The true first is the French Broderies (L'Association, 2003). The Pantheon hardcover of 2005 is the first edition in English. No book-club edition.
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