# Is "All Souls" by Javier Marías (trans. Margaret Jull Costa) a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of All Souls by Javier Marías (trans. Margaret Jull Costa) (Harvill / HarperCollins, London, 1992) is identified by: First English edition; UK Harvill (Collins/Harvill imprint), 1992, cloth in dust jacket (ISBN 0-00-271140-0 / 9780002711401), translated by Margaret Jull Costa from 'Todas las almas.' This was the first Marías novel translated into English. True first of the work is the Spanish 'Todas las almas' (Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, 1989).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First English edition
- UK Harvill (Collins/Harvill imprint), 1992, cloth in dust jacket (ISBN 0-00-271140-0 / 9780002711401), translated by Margaret Jull Costa from 'Todas las almas.' This was the first Marías novel translated into English
- Publisher imprint reads Harvill / HarperCollins, London
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Javier Marías (trans. Margaret Jull Costa) |
| Publisher | Harvill / HarperCollins, London |
| Year | 1992 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First English edition |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First English edition; UK Harvill (Collins/Harvill imprint), 1992, cloth in dust jacket (ISBN 0-00-271140-0 / 9780002711401), translated by Margaret Jull Costa from 'Todas las almas.' This was the first Marías novel translated into English.

## Is this the true first?
True first of the work is the Spanish 'Todas las almas' (Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, 1989). The 1992 UK Harvill is the first edition in English and the first Marías in English; the US New Directions edition followed later.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later New Directions and Vintage/Penguin reprints are not the 1992 UK first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *All Souls* by Javier Marías (trans. Margaret Jull Costa) a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/all-souls
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.