The story goes that only 2,000 firsts were printed, so it's not surprising that they are few and far between
This makes sense, although I can't remember ever not being able to find a true first of any recent (less than thirty years old) title for sale somewhere online -- even if the seller is asking an outrageous price.
And then I found this on Flynn's official website:
"I self published Term Limits 13 years ago and visited every book store in the Twin Cities. The face-to-face sales coupled with two wonderful publicists, Teresa McFarland and Maureen Cahill, made for a big success. In three short weeks we sold out of 2,300 hard covers and had to go back to press."
This would have been about 9 months before Pocket books had their first printing of this title, so there was plenty of time for multiple printings by Cloak & Dagger.
I have to conclude, then, that my copy (with the number line to 2) is the second printing.
Still, this was a fun find for me because I got to this book sale (one of the more crowded and frantic in my area) almost an hour late, which means at least a couple of hundred people had already passed the book by.
This is the first time I've actually seen the Cloak & Dagger edition in person, let alone owned it. I'd love to keep it for myself, but the kids need braces and tattoos.
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