# Is "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte Press, 2009) is identified by: US Delacorte Press first printing states 'First Edition' on the copyright page with a full number line ending in 1, and carries a dust jacket bearing its printed price on the flap. The US Delacorte Press printing is the American first (2009).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US Delacorte Press first printing states 'First Edition' on the copyright page with a full number line ending in 1, and carries a dust jacket bearing its printed price on the flap
- A thick hardcover of roughly 848 pages
- Outlander book 7 (September 2009)
- Publisher imprint reads Delacorte Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Diana Gabaldon |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
| Year | 2009 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US Delacorte Press first printing states 'First Edition' on the copyright page with a… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
US Delacorte Press first printing states 'First Edition' on the copyright page with a full number line ending in 1, and carries a dust jacket bearing its printed price on the flap. A thick hardcover of roughly 848 pages; Outlander book 7 (September 2009).

## Is this the true first?
The US Delacorte Press printing is the American first (2009).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings drop a digit from the number line so it no longer ends in 1; confirm the full line to 1 is present.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *An Echo in the Bone* by Diana Gabaldon a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/an-echo-in-the-bone
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.