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First-Edition Identification · Bobbie Ann Mason

Is My Midnight Magic: Selected Stories a First Edition?

Ecco Press, 1998

The points of issue

A first-thus selection of seventeen previously published stories drawn from Shiloh and Other Stories and Love Life, with a new introduction by the author. First printing follows the Ecco number-line convention.

Decode the printer’s key: paste the number line into the decoder · Ecco Press first-edition guide.

Is this the true first?

US first edition of this selection (Ecco Press, Hopewell, New Jersey). The contents are first-thus only; the individual stories appeared earlier in Mason's two prior collections.

Telling it from reprints & book-club editions

No significant book-club issue noted.

Frequently asked questions

Is my copy of Midnight Magic: Selected Stories a first edition?

Look for these first-edition points: A first-thus selection of seventeen previously published stories drawn from Shiloh and Other Stories and Love Life, with a new introduction by the author. First printing follows the Ecco number-line convention.

How do I tell the first printing from a later one?

Check the copyright page for the publisher's first-printing convention and confirm the points above. US first edition of this selection (Ecco Press, Hopewell, New Jersey). The contents are first-thus only; the individual stories appeared earlier in Mason's two prior collections.

Is the book-club edition the same as the first?

No significant book-club issue noted.

I have a first edition of Midnight Magic: Selected Stories — what should I do?

If you're clearing books, New Mexico Literacy Project offers free pickup in Albuquerque, any condition, and makes sure collectible copies aren't lost. To sell, see the author's collecting guide. Either way, nothing valuable ends up in a landfill.

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