The Piano Teacher (Die Klavierspielerin)

No U.S. Book-of-the-Month/book-club edition of note exists for either the German or the English first. The German-market analogue is the rororo mass-market paperback (Rowohlt Taschenbuch, 3-499 prefix, ISBN 3-499-15812-4 / 9783499158124, from 1986 — German Wikipedia dates this printing to 1986, not 1983), which is frequently mislisted online as a "first edition" and must not be confused with the 1983 "Das neue Buch" hardcover. A "5.-6. Tsd." 1983 reprint and a "5. Aufl. 1984" fifth edition also circulate and are not firsts. Later Neuausgabe/reissue editions (e.g., the 2026 Rowohlt Neuausgabe, ISBN 978-3-499-01911-1, and 978-3-15... Reclam-style reprints) are common traps. On the English side, the Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988 issue is the first; the 1989 Serpent's Tail edition, later Serpent's Tail reissues, and the Serpent's Tail Classics printings are subsequent, not firsts.