2 Sara Paretsky first editions are documented on this shelf, from Indemnity Only (1982) to The Eye of the Beholder (Indemnity Only) (1982) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Sara Paretsky 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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Indemnity Only — 1982 · The Dial PressUS Dial Press first edition, 1982, in first-issue dust jacket. The first printing is identified by the words First Printing stated on the copyright page (rather than a number line). Paretsky's debut and the first V. I. Warshawski novel. US Dial Press (1982) is the true first, Paretsky's debut; the UK Gollancz edition follows. Scarce in fine jacketed first-printing state. The book-club edition lacks the First Printing statement, bears a blind-stamped mark on the rear board, has no flap price, and is on lighter bulked paper.
The Eye of the Beholder (Indemnity Only) — 1982 · The Dial PressThe correct title is 'Indemnity Only', the US Dial Press first, 1982. The first printing is identified on the copyright page by a number line that includes the 1, with an unclipped dust jacket carrying the original 1982 price. This is Paretsky's debut and the first V.I. Warshawski novel, a cornerstone of the female private-eye school of crime fiction. The US Dial Press 1982 edition is the true first. The UK Gollancz edition is a later first-thus. Book-club editions are typically smaller, lack the printed jacket price, and may show a blind stamp or dot on the rear board; later trade printings drop the 1 from the number line.

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