(Thank you, Caroline, for filling my afternoon with great googling and little writing. But it was fun!)
Here's a good explanation of how to find which printing a book's in:
http://www.travelinlibrarian.info/writing/editions/#prfa
And if you're a potential book collector, this might be helpful.
http://bookriot.com/2012/11/08/the-beginners-guide-to-identifying-first-editions-part-one/
I can't resist sharing an image from that link, above.
I believe this is the copyright page from THE HELP.
Do note how many printings that book's in...
That would be #56. And it was over a year ago.
We should all be so lucky.
3 comments:
Okay, you are super cool. I have to link this to my post xo
You were my inspiration, Caroline!
Just today, via Facebook, the question came up. Re: What constitutes a Second Edition.
Here's Harold Underdown: Technicallly, there should be content changes. My Idiot's Guide is now on the third edition, and we added and revised each time. But there can be considerable debate as to what qualifies as a new edition.... CMS might have some guidelines.
And further to James McCann's point, a true (collectible) first edition is the first printing of the first edition.
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