how do I tell what edition, what printing?

"Jon Meyers" <cathnjonYOUR DeleteThis @WAYgtw.net> wrote in message
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 > "PennyLundquist" wrote...
  > > I have a copy of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John
Berendt,
  > > signed. On the copyright page, I cannot find a number line, only B9...
 >
 > That is the number line--what's left of it. 19th printing.
 >
 > The true first edition/first printing states First Edition, below the
number
 > line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 (no letter).
 >
 >
 > --

I think this is the same book where I got stuck. The number line seemed to
start with "1," but I forgot that Random House requires the "First Edition"
slug. My "1" (one) was actually an "I" (letter), making it a 90-somethingith
printing I think, lol.

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I have personally seen later printings for sale as first editions at
reputable book fairs. (Was it fraud, stupidity, or oversight?)

DKM

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 18:34:04 GMT, "my-wings"
<night_writer DeleteThis @worldnet.att.net> wrote:

 >
 >"Jon Meyers" <cathnjonYOUR DeleteThis @WAYgtw.net> wrote in message
 >news:3f083ffd@bothawui.gtw.net...
  >> "PennyLundquist" wrote...
   >> > I have a copy of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John
 >Berendt,
   >> > signed. On the copyright page, I cannot find a number line, only B9...
  >>
  >> That is the number line--what's left of it. 19th printing.
  >>
  >> The true first edition/first printing states First Edition, below the
 >number
  >> line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 (no letter).
  >>
  >>
  >> --
 >
 >I think this is the same book where I got stuck. The number line seemed to
 >start with "1," but I forgot that Random House requires the "First Edition"
 >slug. My "1" (one) was actually an "I" (letter), making it a 90-somethingith
 >printing I think, lol.
 >
 >Alice


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"Doug McClure" wrote...
 > "my-wings" wrote:
  > >"Jon Meyers" wrote...
   > >> "PennyLundquist" wrote...
   > >> > I have a copy of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John
  > >Berendt,
   > >> > signed. On the copyright page, I cannot find a number line, only
B9...
   > >>
   > >> That is the number line--what's left of it. 19th printing.
   > >>
   > >> The true first edition/first printing states First Edition, below the
  > >number
   > >> line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 (no letter).
  > >
  > >I think this is the same book where I got stuck. The number line seemed
to
  > >start with "1," but I forgot that Random House requires the "First
Edition"
  > >slug. My "1" (one) was actually an "I" (letter), making it a
90-somethingith
  > >printing I think, lol.
 >
 > I have personally seen later printings for sale as first editions at
 > reputable book fairs. (Was it fraud, stupidity, or oversight?)

I've seen the same thing in bookstores, and I think it's pure ignorance. A
seller sees a "1" in the number line and concludes that the book must be a
first printing. A really strange one, though, is a copy of "Midnight" at
ABE listed as a first, with the seller citing as proof the presence of "0"
(zero) in the number line. Gee, wouldn't that be the correct number line
for the ARC?


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