2 T.E.D. Klein first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Ceremonies (1984) to Dark Gods (1985) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that T.E.D. Klein 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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The Ceremonies — 1984 · VikingUS Viking first hardcover, published June 1984, with the 'First published in 1984 by The Viking Press' statement and no later-printing line; jacket priced. Klein's only novel; it expands his novella 'The Events at Poroth Farm.'. The US Viking hardcover (June 1984) is the true first edition. The US Bantam and UK Pan mass-market paperbacks both followed in 1985, so neither precedes the hardcover. Confirm the Viking imprint, 1984 date, and a priced jacket. The principal trap is the 1985 paperback issues rather than a verified book-club edition.
Dark Gods — 1985 · VikingThe first printing is identified by the Viking copyright-page statement "First published in 1985 by Viking Penguin Inc." with no later-printing notice. Per the standard publisher guide, Viking states "First published by Viking in [year]" on firsts and, in the 1980s, added a number row to later printings only — so on this title the presence of a number row is a reprint tell rather than a first-printing point. The…. The census claim is confirmed: Viking, New York, 1985 (published July 1985) is the true first, and it precedes all British issues. The first US paperback was Bantam, July 1986, and the first British edition was a Pan Books paperback dated 1986–87 in the sources consulted — no UK hardcover first is documented, so the Viking hardcover is the only first hardcover state. Later small-press issues, including the…. No book-club printing of Dark Gods is documented in the sources consulted; the general period tells apply if one is encountered — blind stamp impressed on the rear board near the spine, a jacket with no price at the front flap, and a smaller trim on thinner paper. The commoner confusion is format rather than club: the 1986 Bantam paperback and the Pan UK paperback are routinely offered as "first editions" of….

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