How to Identify a First Edition Book

POSTED BY Edmond on Dec 22 under 6, general

First Edition Books are sought after items for any collector, but how do you identify a first edition book?

What is an Edition?

- an edition represents all printings of the book with one typeset and with no significant alterations between those printings.

What is a Printing?

- this is a single batch Printing of an edition. For example…

…if the publisher’s first print run of a book is 50,000 copies then that’s the 1st… Continue reading

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POSTED BY Edmond on Dec 2 under 6

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