first edition
noun
: the copies of a literary work first printed from the same type and issued at the same time
also
: a single copy from a first edition
Examples of first edition in a Sentence
There were many errors in the book's first edition.
She owns a valuable first edition of Huckleberry Finn.
Recent Examples on the Web
Leading the lots is a 1543 first edition of Copernicus’s De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, expected to fetch an impressive $1 million to $1.5 million.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
Los Angeles Festival of Movies The first edition of the Los Angeles Festival of Movies will run April 4 to 7 at venues in Eagle Rock, Chinatown and Historic Filipinotown.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
The first edition of the lens showed the onion ring effect in highlights at 75mm, but Tamron paid attention to the bokeh quality with this revision.
—PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024
Kim Jones understands the privilege of holding a first edition copy of T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, originally purchased in 1922 by artist Vanessa Bell for her sister Virginia Woolf.
—Grace Banks, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
The manuscript will be sold alongside over 40 other rare literary treasures, including first editions of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) and L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), reports Artnet’s Verity Babbs.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
The collection includes several Chuck Taylor All Stars and Chuck 70 iterations that feature illustrations and other assets from D&D’s very first edition, back when it was just called Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
That includes everything from original artwork that would become the dust jackets for his books, first editions of his writing, and the library table seen in many images of the author.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
Aespa member Ningning was recently announced as being one of the MCs at the first edition of KCON Hong Kong, later this month.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
Los Angeles Festival of Movies The first edition of the Los Angeles Festival of Movies will run April 4 to 7 at venues in Eagle Rock, Chinatown and Historic Filipinotown.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
The first edition of the lens showed the onion ring effect in highlights at 75mm, but Tamron paid attention to the bokeh quality with this revision.
—PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024
Kim Jones understands the privilege of holding a first edition copy of T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, originally purchased in 1922 by artist Vanessa Bell for her sister Virginia Woolf.
—Grace Banks, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
The manuscript will be sold alongside over 40 other rare literary treasures, including first editions of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) and L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), reports Artnet’s Verity Babbs.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
The collection includes several Chuck Taylor All Stars and Chuck 70 iterations that feature illustrations and other assets from D&D’s very first edition, back when it was just called Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
That includes everything from original artwork that would become the dust jackets for his books, first editions of his writing, and the library table seen in many images of the author.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
Aespa member Ningning was recently announced as being one of the MCs at the first edition of KCON Hong Kong, later this month.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024
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“First edition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20edition. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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