first edition

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noun

the whole number of copies of a literary work printed first, from the same type, and issued together.

an individual copy from this number.

the first printing of a newspaper for a given date.

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Nearby words

first dark, first day, first derivative, first division, first down, first edition, first empire, first estate, first family, first finger, first fleet

Origin of first edition

First recorded in 1900–05

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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Fight against the first-edition craze, which is the maddest craze that ever affected book collecting.
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