Redwall

No book-club issue is documented in the sources consulted. The principal trap is dating: the Philomel first American edition carries a 1986 copyright and is therefore routinely catalogued and offered as a '1986 first edition' when it was in fact published in 1987 and is not the true first — verify by the 'First impression' statement and the Philomel imprint, never by the copyright year. Later Philomel printings are also widely listed as 'first edition, later printing' (second, thirteenth and beyond are recorded). The 1997 illustrated trade paperback and later collector's/anniversary editions are 'first thus' only. Note a source conflict on collation: two dealers give the Hutchinson at 351 pages while a reference source gives 311, so page count should not be used as a point.