3 Thomas McGuane first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Sporting Club (1968) to Ninety-Two in the Shade (1973) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Thomas McGuane 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 Sporting Club — 1968 · Simon & SchusterMcGuane's first novel. Simon & Schuster first printing with First Edition stated on the copyright page; jacket designed by Paul Bacon, with the original price unclipped on the front flap. Octavo, approximately 220 pp. The US Simon & Schuster edition is the true first, published in 1968 (not 1969). The UK first edition followed from Chapman & Hall. Book-club reprints lack the original flap price and the stated First Edition; verify against the Simon & Schuster first-printing copyright page.
- The Bushwhacked Piano — 1971 · Simon & SchusterMcGuane's second novel. Simon & Schuster first printing (ISBN 0-671-20819-5 / 9780671208196) with the original jacket price unclipped on the front flap. Winner of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The US Simon & Schuster 1971 edition is the true first. A UK edition followed. Book-club copies lack the original flap price and the first-printing identifiers; a blind-stamp to the rear board is possible on club issues.
- Ninety-Two in the Shade — 1973 · Farrar, Straus & GirouxGreen cloth boards with silver lettering to the spine; collates vii + 197 pp., octavo. Dust jacket designed by Janet Halverson. Farrar, Straus & Giroux in this period identified firsts by a textual copyright-page statement (a 'First printing'/'First published in 1973' line) rather than a printer's number line, and the first-printing copyright page carries no later-printing statement. The first-issue jacket should…. The US FSG 1973 hardcover is the true first. A UK edition followed. National Book Award finalist. Book-club issues typically show a blind-stamp to the rear board, lack the original flap price, and use cheaper boards; they lack the FSG first-printing textual statement.
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