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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Origin of first edition

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby first edition

first dark, first day, first derivative, first division, first down, first edition, first empire, first estate, first family, first finger, first fleet
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Example sentences from the Web for first edition

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

    The Private Library|Arthur L. Humphreys