# Is "A Storm of Swords (ASOIAF 3)" by George R.R. Martin a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of A Storm of Swords (ASOIAF 3) by George R.R. Martin (Voyager / HarperCollins, 2000) is identified by: UK Voyager/HarperCollins hardcover, published August 2000, precedes the US edition; the first impression carries the full publisher's number line reading down to 1 on the copyright page. UK Voyager is the true first, preceding the US Bantam edition by about three months.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- UK Voyager/HarperCollins hardcover, published August 2000, precedes the US edition; the first impression carries the full publisher's number line reading down to 1 on the copyright page
- Blue paper-covered boards with silver lettering to the spine; wrap-around dust-jacket art by Jim Burns, with the printed price present on the unclipped jacket
- US Bantam Spectra hardcover followed in November 2000
- Publisher imprint reads Voyager / HarperCollins
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | George R.R. Martin |
| Publisher | Voyager / HarperCollins |
| Year | 2000 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | UK Voyager/HarperCollins hardcover, published August 2000, precedes the US edition; the first impression carries the full publisher's… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
UK Voyager/HarperCollins hardcover, published August 2000, precedes the US edition; the first impression carries the full publisher's number line reading down to 1 on the copyright page. Blue paper-covered boards with silver lettering to the spine; wrap-around dust-jacket art by Jim Burns, with the printed price present on the unclipped jacket. US Bantam Spectra hardcover followed in November 2000.

## Is this the true first?
UK Voyager is the true first, preceding the US Bantam edition by about three months. The UK text was later split into a two-volume paperback issue (Steel and Snow; Blood and Gold), which is not the first edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
SFBC copies and later printings differ; the later UK two-volume split is a reprint format.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *A Storm of Swords (ASOIAF 3)* by George R.R. Martin a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/a-storm-of-swords-asoiaf-3
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.