The Auctioneer

A book-club printing circulates; no title-specific tell is documented in the sources consulted, so the standard tests apply — blind stamp or impressed shape in the rear board, unpriced jacket, absence of the number line, and lighter bulk. Separately, the 1977 Avon paperback, the Millipede Press (2007) and Valancourt (2018/2020) revivals are "first thus" reprints, not firsts; the Suntup Editions numbered and lettered issues (2020–21) are modern fine-press printings and are not first editions of the text despite their elaborate presentation.