First Editions & Early Printings
In collecting terms, a very rough description of first edition would be when it is the first appearance of a work in question and that is how we describe a First Edition with our Ash Tree Books listings.
To shed a little more light, the first time a publisher releases a new book all copies of that book that are printed without major changes can be considered a first edition. If the initial print run of this first edition sells out and the publisher decides to produce a subsequent printing with the same typeset the book would be described as a first edition, second printing. On the other hand, if substantial changes are made to the book after its first printing, perhaps the addition of a chapter or a foreword, then the book would be described as the second edition.
All books listed in this category are either First Editions or very early printings of a first or second edition. It will be clear in the product description exactly what it is.
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1886 A Brave Struggle or The Orphan’s Inheritance by John Locke -SOLD-
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1886-1889 (undated) Caxton Edition Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales -SOLD-
Sale!$65.00$52.00 Read more -
1888 Parables of Nature by Margaret Gatty, Uncommon 1st and 2nd Series Volume
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1904 First Edition of A Saxon Maid, Stories Old and New -SOLD-
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1904 Old Quebec: The Fortress of New France – third printing -SOLD-
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1923 VANITY FAIR by William Thackeray, First Photoplay Edition W/DJ -SOLD-
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1927 Manual of British Birds, by Saunders Howard, 3rd edition
Sale!$66.41$54.00 Add to cart -
1927 Revolt in the Desert by T. E. Lawrence, 1st US Edition -SOLD-
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1928 ‘First Printing in America’ of Bambi, A Life in the Woods – SOLD-
$332.00 Read more -
1933 First Canadian Edition of murder mystery novel, The Kennel Murder Case – SOLD –
$50.00 Read more
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