What is a First Edition Book?
In reality a first edition includes all of the books that were published during the first publishing of the book. However, in the world of book collecting, most people refer to a first edition as the books that were published during the first printing of the first edition. These books are commonly referred to as first/first, or 1st/1st. When it comes to books of fiction, there generally are not changes made to the original work. A book first published in 1900, with multiple printings throughout the following century, are all first editions of the book. For example, in 1876 Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The book was very popular and there have been many additional printings of the book. They are all printings of the first edition. A revised edition of a book occurs most commonly in books that are non-fiction. Once enough changes to the original book are made, another edition is published.
