![]() ![]() The classic explanation of edition was given by Fredson Bowers in Principles of Bibliographical Description (1949). The Independent Online Booksellers Association has a A First Edition Primer which discusses several aspects of identifying first editions including publishing and specific publishers way of designating first editions. The first edition of a facsimile reprint is the reprint publisher's first edition, but not the first edition of the work itself. ![]() There will be a first edition of each, which the publisher may cite on the copyright page, such as: "First mass market paperback edition". ![]() A popular work may be published and reprinted over time by many publishers, and in a variety of formats. Since World War II, books often include a number line ( printer's key) that indicates the print run.Ī "first edition" per se is not a valuable collectible book. However, book collectors generally use the term first edition to mean specifically the first print run of the first edition (aka "first edition, first impression"). Jewett and Company, 1852Īccording to the definition of edition above, a book printed today, by the same publisher, and from the same type as when it was first published, is still the first edition of that book to a bibliographer. Title-page illustration by Hammatt Billings for Uncle Tom's Cabin, First Edition: Boston: John P. ![]()
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