2 Stephen Bury (Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George) first editions are documented on this shelf, from Interface (1994) to The Cobweb (1996). Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Stephen Bury (Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George) 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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Interface — 1994 · BantamTrade paperback original in glossy pictorial stiff wrappers under the pseudonym Stephen Bury, cover art by Bruce Jensen, with the copyright page dated 'A Bantam Book / May 1994' and a full number line reading RRH 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; the printed price should be present on the rear cover with no remainder mark. About 583 pages. The US Bantam trade paperback original (May 1994) is the true first; no hardcover issue was produced. Written by Neal Stephenson with his uncle J. Frederick George (George Jewsbury) under the joint pseudonym Stephen Bury. Later editions credited to Stephenson and George, plus a UK Foundation/hardcover issue, are not the first; a remainder mark on the bottom edge also indicates a non-first copy.
The Cobweb — 1996 · BantamTrade paperback original in pictorial wrappers under the pseudonym Stephen Bury, Bantam, September 1996, 384 pages. First printing states First Edition on the copyright page and carries the full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Pictorial wrappers printed in red, white, and black, with the printed price on the rear wrapper (that price should be present and unaltered); the text includes a full-page black-and-white map. The US Bantam trade paperback original (September 1996) is the true first, published under the Stephen Bury pseudonym (Neal Stephenson and his uncle J. Frederick George); there is no earlier hardcover. No book club edition. Later reissues crediting the real names, or lacking the First Edition statement and the complete 10-through-1 number line, are not the first.

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