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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1900 War and Peace by Count Tolstoy – Volume 1 of 2
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1904 The Day of the Dog by George Barr McCutcheon – Scarce First Edition
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1907 Right To Be Lazy by Paul Lafargue – Rare First Edition
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1916 The Emigrant by Dostoieff Skaya – Scarce ex Library copy
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1935 BORZOI First Edition, an award winning Autobiography by Igor Schwezoff – Reserved
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1935 De Weg tot Elkander by Trygve Gulbranssen – third book of the trilogy – First Edition
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1936 Ships and the Sea, compiled and edited by Pay-Lieut. E.C. Talbot-Booth, R.N.R – Second Edition – Uncommon Condition
$308.00 Add to cart
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