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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Welcome to the first edition of Down to Business with Asli Pelit.
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Asli Pelit, New York Times, 21 May 2025
In our first edition of 5 People Try, five Glamour editors put it to the test.
—Monique Wilson, Glamour, 14 May 2025
On view through June 29, the show includes items like original manuscripts, rare first editions and an 1843 painting of Dickens that went missing for more than a century.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Jeremy Liebman The Book Sculpture A reproduction by Richard Prince of the first edition of Catcher in the Rye, in Schachter’s bedroom.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 6 May 2025
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Asli Pelit, New York Times, 21 May 2025
In our first edition of 5 People Try, five Glamour editors put it to the test.
—Monique Wilson, Glamour, 14 May 2025
On view through June 29, the show includes items like original manuscripts, rare first editions and an 1843 painting of Dickens that went missing for more than a century.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Jeremy Liebman The Book Sculpture A reproduction by Richard Prince of the first edition of Catcher in the Rye, in Schachter’s bedroom.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for first edition
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“First edition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20edition. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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