What is the difference between book club edition and first edition?

Some book club editions look like first editions, but they seldom are. A book club edition is quite often of smaller size and printed on lower quality paper than the regular trade edition. There may be other subtle differences in the jacket design.

How can you tell if a book is a first edition?

Identifying the First Edition of a Book The publisher may actually state the words ‘first edition’ or ‘first printing’ on the copyright page. Another common method of identification is the number line – that’s a line of numbers on the copyright page. Usually, if a one is present in the line then it’s a first edition.

How do you tell if a Dr Seuss book is a first edition?

In all of the Dr. Seuss books presented, the first edition book can be identified without the dust jackets. In nearly all cases, the book is also the first edition/first printing. In a couple of cases, the book is the first edition/’first or early’ printing.

How do I know if my shining is a first edition?

Published in 1977, the first editions published by Doubleday have “First Edition” on the copyright page and R49 code printed on the bottom inside corner of page 447.

What is a first trade edition?

The term “first trade edition,” refers to the earliest edition of a book offered for sale to the general public in book stores.

How can you tell a first edition Salem’s Lot?

The book itself is the same across all three states; and all three states show the words First Edition on the copyright page and code Q37 on the inner margin of page 439.

How do you tell what pressing a book is?

You’ll want to take a look at the copyright page, found at the front of most books, and look for edition number, date, and print run number. Every publisher organizes this information differently, and some make it a little confusing, so you have to prepare to do a little detective work.

Is my Harry Potter a first edition?

Yes, in order to have a first edition of any of the Harry Potter books they must be published by Bloomsbury in the year of original release and have a number line counting down to one. But generally only the first three in the series have much collectible value, as so many copies were printed of the later books.

What makes a book a first edition?

A first edition is the format a book took when it was first made available for sale. The ABAA glossary of book terms states: First Edition: “All of the copies printed from the first setting of type; can include multiple printings if all are from the same setting of type.”

Are old medical books worth anything?

Although collectors of antique medical texts cannot find works such as the Papyrus Ebers to add to their collections, there are many medical books ranging in value from several dollars to tens of thousands of dollars available to collectors.