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Monday, January 1, 2001
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Books - First Edition Number Code
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Books First Edition Number Codes, by Glenn Larsen
Many modern publishers use a number or letter system to designate first editions. Publishers using this system
have numbers or letters similar to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 or A B C D E where the 1 or the A indicates a first edition.
If the 1 is missing as in 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 then that book is probably a second printing as designated by the remaining 2.
Sometimes you'll find that numbers appear differently or in reverse as in 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
Regardless of the way the numbers look, you want to spot the 1 or the A. There are exceptions, so check the
list of publishers. For example, Random House will use the words First Edition in place of the number 1. Thus a
Random House book stating "First Edition" starting at the number 2 is first edition, first state book.
(wysiwyg://115/http:www.rarebooks.org/numbers.htm)
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