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.
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Starting with its first edition in 2005, the festival gathers hundreds of thousands of attendees at the De Schorre provincial recreational park in Boom, Belgium.
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 17 July 2025
Just For Laughs has inked $20M in new broadcast TV deals ahead of the launch of this year’s festival — the first edition of JFL Montreal in two years — organizers announced on Tuesday.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 July 2025
This year, the town hosted the first edition of the Calabria version of Merano WineFestival, an event founded by Helmuth Köcher that has been held in the northern Italian town of Merano since 1992.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
This included the first edition of Middlemarch ever to appear under the name Mary Ann Evans.
—Kirsty McHugh, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 17 July 2025
Just For Laughs has inked $20M in new broadcast TV deals ahead of the launch of this year’s festival — the first edition of JFL Montreal in two years — organizers announced on Tuesday.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 July 2025
This year, the town hosted the first edition of the Calabria version of Merano WineFestival, an event founded by Helmuth Köcher that has been held in the northern Italian town of Merano since 1992.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
This included the first edition of Middlemarch ever to appear under the name Mary Ann Evans.
—Kirsty McHugh, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
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“First edition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20edition. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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