2 Mickey Spillane first editions are documented on this shelf, from I, the Jury (1952) to Kiss Me, Deadly (1952) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Mickey Spillane 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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I, the Jury — 1947 (hardcover); 1948 (Signet paperback) · E. P. DuttonThe true first edition is the 1947 E. P. Dutton HARDCOVER (this title is NOT a paperback original). The famous Signet paperback (Signet 699, 1948, the printed price) is the first paperback printing and is what made Spillane a phenomenon. The hardcover first has the Dutton imprint with no later-printing statements; the dust jacket is rare. Included here as a caution: the iconic mass-market Signet is NOT the true first; the Dutton hardcover precedes it. The Signet edition is a 'first thus' (first paperback). The Signet number 699 is the first paperback issue; later Signet printings carry higher numbers and printing statements. Distinguish the 1947 Dutton hardcover first from book-club and later trade reprints. For the Signet, later printings state the printing number; the printed price 699 with no additional printing line is the first paperback printing.
Kiss Me, Deadly — 1952 · E. P. Dutton"First Edition" is stated on the reverse of the title page of the first printing. E. P. Dutton first editions are identified either by that stated imprint on the title-page verso or, alternatively, by the absence of any mention of printings or editions — so the stated point is the one to look for here, and it is reported as present by the cataloguing dealer. The book is a small octavo of 251 pp. in terra cotta /…. US E. P. Dutton (New York) 1952 is the true first edition; the census claim is confirmed. The first British edition followed — Arthur Barker, London, 1953, a shorter setting at roughly 191-192 pp. — and is collected as the first UK edition only, not as the true first. Signet and later paperback issues, and printings following Robert Aldrich's 1955 film adaptation, are reprints or "first thus" traps. Note the…. No book-club edition tells specific to this title are documented in the sources consulted. The working reprint tell is the Dutton rule itself: the first printing states "First Edition" on the title-page verso, so a copy carrying a later-printing statement, or lacking the stated point where it should appear, is not the first. Given the volume of Spillane reprinting in this period, verify the copyright page rather….

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