Alfred A. KnopfStated "First Edition" (1947–present)Anchor Books1953–presentStates 'First Anchor Books edition (Month Year)' on the copyright page with a descending nAtria Books2002–presentStates 'First Edition' or 'First Atria Books hardcover edition' on the copyright page AND Avon Books1941–presentMass-market paperback originals: copyright page shows 'First Avon … Printing (Month Year)'Ballantine Books1952–presentNumber line on copyright page; first printing has the '1' present. Modern PRH-era BallantiBantam Books1945–presentCopyright page printing statement: classic Bantam used a printed-line phrase such as 'BantBerkley / Jove1955–presentMass-market originals: copyright page shows a printing statement; a true first reads 'BerkCharles Scribner's SonsThe Scribner “A” on the copyright page (c.1930–1973)Crown Publishers1933–presentPre-1970s: NO first-edition statement; first printings identified by the ABSENCE of any laDell Publishing1942–presentMass-market originals: copyright page shows a printing statement; a true first lists only Dial Press1924–presentPre-mid-1960s (classic Dial, incl. early Baldwin/Mailer firsts): first edition identified Doubleday1897–present1897–c.1920s (Doubleday & McClure / Doubleday, Page): first editions have the SAME date onDoubledayStated "First Edition" on the copyright page (no statement on later printings)Dutton1852–presentHistoric E.P. Dutton (founded 1852): first printings often identified by the absence of laEcco1971–presentIndependent Ecco Press era (1971–1999): typically stated 'First Edition' / 'First printingFarrar, Straus and Giroux“First printed [Year]” / “First published [Year]” statementG. P. Putnam's Sons“First Impression” plus a number lineGallery Books2009 (as Gallery)–present; Pocket 1939–presentStates 'First Gallery Books hardcover edition (Year)' or 'First Edition' on the copyright Grand Central Publishing1970s (as Warner)–presentModern: states 'First Edition' on the copyright page AND uses a descending number line; fiGrove Press / Grove AtlanticStated on the copyright pageHachette Books1991 (as Hyperion)–presentStates 'First Edition' on the copyright page with a descending number line ending in 1.Harper Perennial1980s–presentStates 'First [Harper] Perennial edition (Year)' on the copyright page, with a descending HarperCollinsStated "First Edition" (1922–present)Henry Holt and Company1866–presentPre-1945: first editions identified chiefly by the ABSENCE of any later-printing statementHoughton Mifflin“First Printing” statement (pre-1970s)Little, Brown and Company“First Edition” or “First Printing” statementMacmillan“First printing” (US, 1936+)Pantheon Books1942–presentModern Pantheon (Knopf Doubleday / PRH): states 'First Edition' on the copyright page AND Picador (US)1994–presentStates 'First Edition' or 'First Picador Edition (Year)' / 'First Picador USA Edition (YeaRandom HouseStated "First Edition" plus a number line containing 1Random House (trade imprint)1927–presentClassic convention (mid-20th c. onward): the words 'FIRST EDITION' stated on the copyrightRiverhead Books1994–presentStates 'First Edition' on the copyright page AND uses a descending number line ending in 1Simon & SchusterStated "First Edition" (1952–present)St. Martin's Press1952–presentStates 'First Edition' on the copyright page WITH a descending number line ending in 1 ('1Tor Books1980–presentStates 'First Edition' on the copyright page WITH a descending number line ending in 1 (e.Touchstone1981–c.2019States 'First Touchstone edition (Year)' / 'First Edition' on the copyright page; for a fiViking Press / Penguin“First Published by Viking in [Year]” statement (1937–present)Vintage Books1954–presentStates 'First Vintage … Edition (Month Year)' on the copyright page with a descending numbW. W. NortonStated "First Edition" plus a number line containing 1William Morrow1926–presentPre-1973: usually printed 'First Printing (Month, Year)' on the copyright page and ALWAYS
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