first edition
Collectors often value important first editions. This topic is part of Publishing within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 12 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
first edition trivia questions
A first edition is the first published version of what?
Answer: A book or work
Bonus fact: Collectors often value important first editions.
Does 'first edition' always mean the first printing?
Answer: No
Bonus fact: An edition can have multiple printings.
Why can 'first edition, first printing' be especially valuable to collectors?
Answer: It is the earliest physical release of that edition
Bonus fact: Scarcity and historical importance often drive value.
In what year was the first edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass published?
Answer: 1855
Bonus fact: The first edition of Leaves of Grass appeared in 1855 and initially contained 12 poems.
In what year was the first edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein published?
Answer: 1818
Bonus fact: The Library of Congress holds an 1818 edition of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Who won the first edition of THE PLAYERS Championship in 1974?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus
Bonus fact: Nicklaus also won the third and fifth editions of THE PLAYERS.
In what year was the first edition of Little Women published?
Answer: 1868
Bonus fact: The first edition sold more than 2,000 copies immediately, according to the Library of Congress.
In what year did the first edition of Lyrical Ballads appear?
Answer: 1798
Bonus fact: The 1800 edition added Wordsworth's influential extended preface on poetic language.
What was the race originally called?
Answer: Whitbread Round the World Race
Bonus fact: The first edition began in 1973.
Who wrote Leaves of Grass?
Answer: Walt Whitman
Bonus fact: Walt Whitman published the first edition of Leaves of Grass in 1855.
Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre was first published under which author name?
Answer: Currer Bell
Bonus fact: The first edition appeared in three volumes in October 1847.
What subtitle appeared with Jane Eyre when it was first published in 1847?
Answer: An Autobiography
Bonus fact: The first edition credited “Currer Bell” as editor, the pseudonym used by Charlotte Brontë.