4 Pat Barker first editions are documented on this shelf, from Union Street (1982) to The Ghost Road (1995) across 3 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Pat Barker 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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- Union Street — 1982 · ViragoBarker's debut novel, a Virago original published 1982 (on sale 13 May 1982). Issued by Virago Press as a paperback original; a hardcover/library binding is comparatively scarce. Seven linked stories of working-class women on Union Street. UK Virago (1982) is the true first; the US G.P. Putnam's Sons edition followed in 1983 (issued in hardcover). UK precedes. Note the paperback-original status of the Virago first. Later film tie-in editions associated with the 1990 film 'Stanley & Iris' are reprints, not firsts.
- Regeneration — 1991 · VikingFirst UK edition, Viking (London), 1991, is the true first and the opening volume of the Regeneration trilogy. Bound in grey cloth boards with the spine lettered in red, white endpapers; a number line ending in 1 on the copyright page indicates the first impression. The dust jacket carries the Irene von Treskow illustration and is with its printed price sterling. The US first is Dutton (A William Abrahams Book),…. UK Viking 1991 is the true first; the US Dutton 1992 is a first-thus. Booker-shortlisted and the most-collected volume of the trilogy. No major club edition. Confirm the UK Viking 1991 imprint and number line versus the later US Dutton 1992 printing.
- The Eye in the Door — 1993 · VikingFirst UK hardcover, Viking 1993, stating 'First published 1993' with a full number line descending to 1. Second novel of the Regeneration trilogy; won the Guardian Fiction Prize. Look for the unclipped jacket. The UK Viking 1993 hardcover is the true first; the US Dutton edition followed in 1994, so the UK precedes. No notable book-club edition.
- The Ghost Road — 1995 · VikingFirst UK edition, Viking (London), 1995, is the true first; third and final volume of the Regeneration trilogy and the 1995 Booker Prize winner. The UK Viking edition precedes the US edition. A Viking/Penguin-group number line ending in 1 indicates the first impression, and dealers do distinguish first impressions from later ones; the exact number-line digits and the verbatim copyright-page wording rest on house…. UK Viking 1995 is the true first; the US Dutton 1995 is a later first-thus. 1995 Booker Prize winner. No club edition. Confirm the UK Viking imprint and number line versus the US Dutton printing; a dual Canadian-dollar and sterling jacket price indicates the Canadian issue, not the UK first.
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