first edition

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

  2. an individual copy from this number.

  1. the first printing of a newspaper for a given date.

Origin of first edition

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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How to use first edition in a sentence

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

    The Private Library | Arthur L. Humphreys