2 Steven Millhauser first editions are documented on this shelf, from Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 (1972) to Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer (1996) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Steven Millhauser 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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- Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 — 1972 · Alfred A. Knopf, New YorkThe true first was published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, in 1972 — Millhauser's debut novel (full title "Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954, by Jeffrey Cartwright"). Per Knopf's house practice of the period, the first printing states "FIRST EDITION" on the copyright page (with the Borzoi device) and carries no later-printing notice; it is bound in black cloth lettered in gilt on…. US Knopf (New York) 1972 is the true first (author American; no earlier printing recorded), and US 1972 precedence is not in doubt. The census cites a later UK Weidenfeld & Nicolson edition (1974); that UK date/publisher is NOT independently confirmed here. No period book-club issue documented for the first; the common later-issue look-alikes are subsequent paperback reprints (e.g., Vintage) and later reissues.
- Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer — 1996 · Crown PublishersCrown first printing: 'First Edition' stated on the copyright page together with the descending number line '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1' (the 1 present). First-issue cloth binding with the dust jacket carrying the printed retail price. The US Crown 1996 edition is the true first. Both the stated 'First Edition' line and the full number line ending in 1 confirm the first printing. Winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Book-club issues lack the stated 'First Edition' line and the number line; many carry a rear-board blind-stamp and an unpriced jacket.
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