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…. 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 Chiroptera Press edition, are "first…. 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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