Terry Pratchett First Editions

• The Carpet People — 1971 · Colin SmythePratchett's first book, published 16 November 1971 in a print run of about 3,000 copies; hardback with dust jacket protected by a Duraseal cover rather than lamination; illustrated throughout by Pratchett himself, including pages of his own color illustrations. Key issue point: the printer ran the page 34 illustration upside down, so that leaf was removed and a corrected replacement leaf (pages 33-34) was tipped…. UK Colin Smythe true first. The original 1971 text differs substantially from the 1992 rewrite. Extremely scarce; one of the key Pratchett rarities. The 1992 Doubleday rewrite is a different text, not the first.
• The Dark Side of the Sun — 1976 · Colin SmytheFirst UK edition published 10 May 1976 by Colin Smythe in a run of only 921 copies; Pratchett's second published novel and an early science-fiction work, very scarce. Bound in red cloth with gilt titling to the spine, in the publisher's dust jacket illustrated by the author. The first-state jacket carries its printed price to the upper front flap. UK Colin Smythe true first. The US St. Martin's Press edition followed in June 1976, not 1977; its 1,525 copies were printed as part of the same Smythe print run with the American imprint on the title page. Later printings differ.
• Strata — 1981 · Colin SmytheFirst UK edition published 15 June 1981 by Colin Smythe in a run of 1,001 copies; dark green cloth-patterned paper-covered boards, dust jacket with illustration by Tim White. Proto-Discworld disc-world concept; scarce. UK Colin Smythe true first. The US St. Martin's Press edition of 2,000 copies also appeared in 1981, produced in the UK as part of the same Smythe print run, in black cloth-patterned paper boards with its own jacket. Later printings differ.
• The Color of Magic — 1983 · Colin SmytheFirst American issue: St. Martin's Press, New York, 1983. The 1983 US hardcover retained the British title spelling 'The Colour of Magic' on the title page — the American 'Color' spelling appears only on later US printings and paperbacks. St. Martin's printed the sheets and jackets for BOTH issues (4,540 copies total); after about 506 went to Colin Smythe for the UK issue, the balance formed the larger US issue.…. The UK Colin Smythe hardcover (about 506 copies) is the collectors' true first and the publisher of record for Discworld; see the-colour-of-magic. By date the US St. Martin's issue actually appeared slightly earlier (cited ~21 October 1983) than the delayed Smythe issue (24 November 1983), but the far scarcer Smythe issue is the one collectors prize. Both issues are the same 1983 setting of type, printed by St.…. A US book-club edition (BCE) exists and is common; distinguish it by the ABSENCE of a printed price on the jacket flap (the true US first issue shows the printed price) and by the usual book-club tells (blind stamp to the rear board, cheaper boards). The 1985 Corgi paperback (Josh Kirby art) and a later Colin Smythe / Discworld.com facsimile are separate and later.
• The Colour of Magic — 1983 · Colin SmytheFirst edition published under the Colin Smythe imprint (Gerrards Cross), 1983. The sheets were printed in the United States by St. Martin's Press, which ran 4,540 copies in all and shipped roughly 506 to Smythe for the UK issue — a large share (about 400) going to libraries, which is why a fine jacketed copy is very scarce. The UK jacket bears NO printed price, only a Colin Smythe price sticker; jacket art is by…. Precedence is genuinely tangled. St. Martin's Press in New York printed the sheets and released the US issue first (commonly cited as 21 October 1983); the Colin Smythe UK issue followed on 24 November 1983 after the jacket-blurb correction. Simultaneous publication had been intended. The Smythe UK issue (about 506 copies) is the publisher of record for the first Discworld novel and is far scarcer and more…. The Corgi paperback (1985, Josh Kirby cover art) and later reprints are common; a separate, larger US St. Martin's issue and a US book-club edition also exist, as does a later Colin Smythe / Discworld.com facsimile edition — none should be confused with the 1983 Smythe first. Verify the Colin Smythe imprint, the absence of a printed jacket price (sticker only), and — for the premium first state — the front-flap….
• The Light Fantastic — 1986 · Colin SmytheTrue first is the Colin Smythe Ltd hardcover, 1986, with the first-published statement on the copyright page and no reprint line. Full wrap-around dust-jacket art by Josh Kirby (his first Discworld cover). Second Discworld novel. with its printed price. The UK Colin Smythe 1986 hardcover is the world first. The US hardcover appeared only as a Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club edition (dated 1987 on the copyright page), and the Corgi paperback follows. The Doubleday SF Book Club edition (copyright page reads 'First Published in 1987 by Colin Smythe Limited') and Corgi paperbacks are not the true first. Confirm the Colin Smythe hardcover imprint and the 1986 first-printing statement.
• Equal Rites — 1987 · Victor Gollancz in association with Colin SmytheDiscworld 3; the first Discworld novel issued by Gollancz. First impression of 2,850 copies published 15 January 1987, with the title page reading Victor Gollancz in association with Colin Smythe; once Smythe became Pratchett's agent the co-publishing ceased and later printings appear under Gollancz's sole imprint. First impression carries no reprint or later-impression statement. Green boards lettered gilt on…. UK Gollancz/Colin Smythe joint-imprint first impression is the true first; the first two Discworld books had come from Colin Smythe alone. US publication followed in 1988 via NAL, with the Signet paperback issued September 1988. Later Gollancz-only printings, BCA book club copies, and Corgi paperbacks are not firsts; the 1988 US NAL hardcover is a book club product.
• Mort — 1987 · Victor GollanczGollancz first hardcover, 1987, with the first-published statement and no reprint line; Josh Kirby dust-jacket art; characteristic yellow Gollancz boards. Fourth Discworld novel and the first centered on Death. The Gollancz 1987 hardcover is the true first of the fourth Discworld novel. US and paperback editions follow. No book-club edition for the true first; later printings add a reprint statement. The yellow Gollancz boards and a clean first-printing line are the tells.
• Sourcery — 1988 · Victor Gollancz in association with Colin SmytheDiscworld 5. First impression of 7,200 copies published 26 May 1988, title page reading Victor Gollancz in association with Colin Smythe; the book was reprinted the same month under Gollancz's sole imprint, so the joint imprint plus the absence of any reprint statement identifies the first. Dust jacket with Josh Kirby artwork. UK Gollancz/Colin Smythe joint-imprint first impression is the true first; the last Discworld novel to carry the joint imprint. US publication followed later, the Roc/Signet NAL paperback appearing in December 1989. The May 1988 reprint and later printings under Gollancz alone, BCA book club copies, and Corgi paperbacks are not firsts.
• Wyrd Sisters — 1988 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 6. First impression of 6,700 copies published 10 November 1988 by Gollancz alone, the Colin Smythe co-publishing arrangement having ended. Original boards in dust jacket with Josh Kirby artwork. The first two reprints are also dated November 1988, so the first impression is identified by the complete absence of any reprint or later-impression statement, not by date. UK Gollancz true first; US publication followed, the Roc NAL paperback appearing in June 1990. The November 1988 reprints, BCA book club copies, and Corgi paperbacks are not firsts.
• Guards! Guards! — 1989 · Victor GollanczFirst edition: Victor Gollancz, London, 1989 (published 9 November 1989), copyright page indicating the first printing, Josh Kirby jacket art, jacket with its printed price. The first City Watch Discworld novel. The UK Gollancz hardcover of 1989 is the world first; US and Corgi paperback editions follow. Corgi paperbacks are common. Book Club Associates (BCA) hardcovers carry no printed jacket price and bear book-club markings.
• Pyramids — 1989 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 7. First impression of 12,300 copies published 15 June 1989; original boards in dust jacket with Josh Kirby artwork; no reprint or later-impression statement on the first. Reprinted six times. Winner of the BSFA Best Novel Award. UK Gollancz true first; US publication followed, the Roc NAL paperback appearing in December 1989. Some publicity copies were stamped and numbered by the publicity department and sent out with a press release. Guild Publishing/BCA book club copies and Corgi paperbacks are not firsts.
• Eric (Faust Eric) — 1990 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 9. Published 16 August 1990 as a large-format volume illustrated throughout by Josh Kirby, in two simultaneous formats: a hardcover of 4,200 copies in black boards with gilt spine lettering and a Kirby-illustrated dust jacket, and a large-format paperback of 50,500 copies. Reprinted September 1990; the first printing carries no reprint statement. The hardcover is the collected format. UK Gollancz illustrated large-format first is the true first, hardcover and paperback issued the same day. Later unillustrated text-only editions, beginning with the 1991 VGSF paperback, are distinct. Unillustrated reprints, the 2010 small-format Illustrated Eric reissue, and BCA book club copies are not the first.
• Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman) — 1990 · Victor GollanczFirst UK edition, published 10 May 1990 by Victor Gollancz, London. Original red cloth with spine lettered in black; pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Chris Moore, priced 12.the printed price on the front flap. Copyright page states first publication with no later-impression statement. UK Gollancz is the true first; the US Workman edition followed in late September 1990. The premier Pratchett and Gaiman collaboration. The US Workman edition and BCA book club printings are not the true first; club issues lack the Gollancz jacket price.
• Moving Pictures — 1990 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 10. First impression of 18,200 copies published 1 November 1990; no reprint or later-impression statement on the first. Reprinted three times, twice in November and once in December 1990. First-issue jacket has the front-cover title in blue and red, an orange spine background, and the Gollancz SF logo at the head of the spine; a later jacket printing changed the title to black and red, the spine to…. UK Gollancz true first; US publication followed. A first impression in the first-issue orange-spine jacket is the most desirable state. The November and December 1990 reprints, rejacketed copies, and Corgi paperbacks are not firsts.
• Reaper Man — 1991 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 11. Victor Gollancz, London, 1991; ISBN 0-575-04979-0. Copyright page states first publication in Great Britain 1991 with no later-impression statement. Black boards with gilt spine lettering; Josh Kirby jacket art with the 13.the printed price on the front flap. UK Gollancz is the true first; US publication followed. Later Gollancz impressions are marked on the copyright page; book club issues lack the priced jacket.
• Witches Abroad — 1991 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 12. Victor Gollancz, London, 1991. Copyright page states first publication in Great Britain 1991 with no later-impression statement. Original boards in the Josh Kirby dust jacket with price intact on the front flap. UK Gollancz is the true first; US publication followed. Later Gollancz impressions are marked on the copyright page; book club issues lack the priced jacket.
• Lords and Ladies — 1992 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 14. Victor Gollancz, London, 1992; ISBN 0-575-05223-9. Copyright page states first publication in Great Britain 1992 with no number line and no later-impression statement. Original boards in the Josh Kirby dust jacket with price intact on the front flap. UK Gollancz is the true first; US publication followed. Later Gollancz impressions are marked on the copyright page; book club issues lack the priced jacket.
• Small Gods — 1992 · Victor GollanczFirst edition: Victor Gollancz, London, 1992, copyright page indicating the first printing, Josh Kirby jacket art, jacket with its printed price on the front flap. A standalone-favourite Discworld novel. The UK Gollancz hardcover of 1992 is the world first; Corgi paperback and US editions follow. Corgi paperbacks and Book Club Associates (BCA) hardcovers (no printed price, club markings) are common.
• Men at Arms — 1993 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 15; second City Watch novel. Victor Gollancz, London, published 11 November 1993; ISBN 0-575-05503-0. First impression copyright page carries no later-impression statement. Original boards in the Josh Kirby dust jacket with price intact on the front flap. UK Gollancz is the true first; US publication followed. Later Gollancz impressions are marked on the copyright page; book club issues lack the priced jacket.
• Interesting Times — 1994 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 17. Victor Gollancz, London, published 2 November 1994. First impression copyright page carries no later-impression statement. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering; Josh Kirby jacket art with the 14.the printed price on the front flap. UK Gollancz is the true first; US publication followed. Later Gollancz impressions are marked on the copyright page; book club issues lack the priced jacket.
• Soul Music — 1994 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 16. Victor Gollancz, London, 1994. First impression bound in blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; the copyright page carries no later-impression statement. Josh Kirby jacket art, with the printed price on the front flap. UK Gollancz is the true first; US HarperPrism publication followed the same year. Later Gollancz impressions are marked with a later-impression statement on the copyright page; book-club issues lack the priced jacket.
• Maskerade — 1995 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 18. UK Gollancz, published 2 November 1995 (ISBN 0-575-05808-0). Copyright page states first publication by Victor Gollancz 1995 with no impression statement; reprints add one. The By This Author list should include nothing published after Maskerade. Original boards with Josh Kirby letterbox-style dust jacket. UK Gollancz true first; the US HarperPrism edition follows. Later impressions carry an impression statement on the copyright page; book club (BCA) copies differ from the trade first.
• Feet of Clay — 1996 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 19; City Watch. UK Gollancz, published 6 June 1996 (ISBN 0-575-05900-1). Copyright page states first publication by Victor Gollancz 1996 with no impression statement; reprints add one. The By This Author list should include nothing published after Feet of Clay. Original boards with Josh Kirby dust jacket. UK Gollancz true first; the US HarperPrism edition follows. Later impressions carry an impression statement on the copyright page; book club copies differ from the trade first.
• Hogfather — 1996 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 20. UK Gollancz, published 7 November 1996 (ISBN 0-575-06403-X). Copyright page states first publication by Victor Gollancz 1996 with no impression statement. It reprinted several times in November and December 1996, so checking for the absence of an impression statement is essential. Original boards with Josh Kirby dust jacket. UK Gollancz true first; the US HarperPrism edition follows. Numerous same-year reprints exist and carry impression statements; book club copies also differ from the trade first.
• Jingo — 1997 · Victor GollanczDiscworld 21; City Watch. UK Gollancz, published 6 November 1997 (ISBN 0-575-06540-0). The last Discworld hardcover from Gollancz before the move to Doubleday. Copyright page states first publication by Victor Gollancz 1997 with no impression statement; reprints add one. Original black boards, gilt spine, Josh Kirby dust jacket. UK Gollancz true first; the US HarperPrism edition follows. Later impressions carry an impression statement on the copyright page; book club copies differ from the trade first.
• Carpe Jugulum — 1998 · DoubledayDiscworld 23. UK Doubleday, published November 1998 (ISBN 0-385-40992-3). No number line: the copyright page simply reads Published 1998 by Doubleday, and reprints add a Reprinted line. Original boards with Josh Kirby dust jacket. UK Doubleday true first; the US HarperPrism edition follows. Reprints are marked Reprinted on the copyright page; book club copies differ from the trade first.
• The Last Continent — 1998 · DoubledayDiscworld 22. UK Doubleday (Transworld), published 1 May 1998 (ISBN 0-385-40989-3); the first Discworld hardcover after the move from Gollancz. No number line: the copyright page simply reads Published 1998 by Doubleday, and reprints add a Reprinted line. Two issues of the first impression exist: about 10,000 copies for the Australian market with deep blue endpapers and plain spine blocking, and the UK home issue…. UK Doubleday true first; the US edition follows. Hardcover Discworld novels move from Gollancz to Doubleday with this title. Reprints are marked Reprinted on the copyright page; Corgi paperbacks and book club copies differ from the trade first.
• The Fifth Elephant — 1999 · DoubledayDiscworld 24; City Watch. UK Doubleday, published 4 November 1999; original boards in Josh Kirby dust jacket; copyright page states first publication in Great Britain 1999 by Doubleday with a complete number line ending in 1. UK Doubleday true first; the US HarperCollins edition followed in 2000. Later printings lack the complete number line; the US edition and book club issues differ.
• The Truth — 2000 · DoubledayDiscworld 25. UK Doubleday, published 2 November 2000; original boards in dust jacket; copyright page states first publication in Great Britain 2000 by Doubleday with a complete number line ending in 1. Published near-simultaneously in the UK and US in November 2000, the first synchronized Transworld and HarperCollins release; the UK Doubleday is customarily collected as the true first. Later printings lack the complete number line; the US edition and book club issues differ.
• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents — 2001 · DoubledayDiscworld 28; the first Discworld novel written for younger readers. UK Doubleday, published early November 2001; original boards in dust jacket; copyright page states first publication in Great Britain 2001 by Doubleday with a complete number line ending in 1. Won the Carnegie Medal. UK Doubleday true first; the US HarperCollins children's edition followed on 6 November 2001. Later printings lack the complete number line; the US edition and book club issues differ.
• The Last Hero — 2001 · GollanczDiscworld 27; large-format illustrated Discworld fable with color art by Paul Kidby throughout. UK Gollancz, published 18 October 2001; quarto in blue boards with silver spine lettering, illustrated endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. A separate deluxe edition was issued in decorated cloth without a dust jacket. UK Gollancz illustrated edition is the true first; the US HarperCollins edition appeared the same season in late 2001. Later smaller-format reprints and the expanded deluxe issue differ from the standard jacketed first.
• Thief of Time — 2001 · DoubledayDiscworld 26. UK Doubleday, published May 2001; original boards in pictorial dust jacket after Paul Kidby, roughly 240 by 160 mm, 316 pp. The copyright page states first publication in Great Britain in 2001 by Doubleday and carries the complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. The jacket should retain its printed price. Publication was near-simultaneous: per the Colin Smythe chronology the US HarperCollins edition appeared 1 May 2001, two days before the UK Doubleday of 3 May 2001. The UK Doubleday is customarily collected as the first in the author's home market, but the US edition technically preceded it. Later printings break the complete 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 number line; the US HarperCollins edition and book-club issues differ in imprint and jacket.
• Monstrous Regiment — 2003 · DoubledayDiscworld 31. UK Doubleday first edition, London, dated 29 September 2003; publisher's black cloth boards lettered in gilt at the spine, 352 pages, octavo. The copyright-page number line runs down to 1 (full line 10 through 1); later printings drop the 1. The first-state dust jacket carries illustration by Paul Kidby and should retain its printed cover price to the front flap (unclipped); a price should be present. UK Doubleday true first (late September 2003); the US HarperCollins edition followed within days in a near-simultaneous release. Later printings drop the 1 from the number line. No separate hardcover book-club issue is a point of confusion for the true first; identify by the full number line to 1 and the Doubleday imprint.
• The Wee Free Men — 2003 · DoubledayDiscworld 30; Tiffany Aching 1. UK Doubleday, published 1 May 2003; original boards in dust jacket; copyright page states first publication in Great Britain 2003 by Doubleday with a complete number line ending in 1. UK Doubleday true first, published 1 May 2003; the US HarperCollins edition followed later the same month. Later printings lack the complete number line; the US edition and book club issues differ.
• A Hat Full of Sky — 2004 · DoubledayDiscworld 32; Tiffany Aching 2. UK Doubleday hardcover, published 29 April 2004; ISBN 0-385-60736-9. First printing carries the Doubleday number line with the 1 present (the odd-up/even-down '1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2' form used on Doubleday copyright pages). Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and red endpapers; the dust jacket art is by Paul Kidby, and a first-issue jacket retains its printed price…. UK Doubleday is the true first (April 2004); the US HarperCollins edition followed within weeks. Later printings drop the 1 from the number line; the US HarperCollins issue has different jacket and imprint details and is not the first.
• Going Postal — 2004 · DoubledayDiscworld 33; introduces con-man-turned-Postmaster Moist von Lipwig. UK Doubleday hardcover, London 2004 (ISBN 0385603428), the first appearance. First printing carries the interleaved Transworld number string 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 on the copyright page; note that this is not a simple descending line, so the presence of the 10 flanked by odd-then-even digits is the tell rather than a lone terminal 1. Binding is…. UK Doubleday is the true first (25 September 2004); the US HarperCollins edition followed within days. Collect the Doubleday hardcover in black cloth with the 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 string for the primary first. Later Doubleday printings alter the number string, removing the low digits so it no longer begins 1 3 5...; a stated later-printing line or the absence of the interleaved first-printing string identifies a reprint. Book-club and paperback issues are separate and not the collected first.
• Thud! — 2005 · DoubledayDiscworld 34, a City Watch novel. The UK Doubleday first printing (2005) carries the number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2, with the last digit 1 present. The US Harper first printing (ISBN 0-06-081522-1) states First Edition with a full number line and was issued on 13 September 2005, about three weeks ahead of the UK edition to coincide with a US signing tour; on the US copies the originally printed on-sale date of…. The US Harper edition (13 September 2005) is technically the true first: it preceded the UK Doubleday (1 October 2005) by about three weeks to coincide with a US signing tour. The UK Doubleday is the first UK edition and remains widely collected. Later printings advance or drop the terminal 1 from the number line.
• Wintersmith — 2006 · DoubledayDiscworld 35; Tiffany Aching 3. UK Doubleday hardcover, 2006; ISBN 978-0-385-60984-5; 399 pages. First printing carries the Doubleday number line with the 1 present (the odd-up/even-down '1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2' form). Bound in dark blue boards with silver lettering to the spine; the dust jacket is illustrated by Paul Kidby and, when a first-issue jacket, retains its printed price on the flap. A separate UK…. Near-simultaneous transatlantic release in late September 2006: sources conflict on the exact UK date (21 or 28 September) against a US HarperTempest date of 26 September. The UK Doubleday is conventionally collected as the first, but strict UK-versus-US precedence cannot be stated with certainty. Later printings drop the 1 from the number line; the numbered signed collector's edition and the US HarperTempest issue are separate states, not the ordinary Doubleday trade first printing.
• Making Money — 2007 · DoubledayDiscworld 36; second Moist von Lipwig novel. UK Doubleday hardcover, London 2007 (ISBN 978-0-385-61101-5), 8vo. First printing carries the interleaved Transworld number string 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 on the copyright page. Binding is publisher's black boards with deep red endpapers and gilt spine lettering. The first-state dust jacket should retain its printed cover price; an intact printed price is preferred though…. Near-simultaneous release: the US Harper edition went on sale 18 September 2007, narrowly ahead of the UK Doubleday on 20 September 2007, so the US Harper is arguably the technical true first. The UK Doubleday hardcover in black boards with red endpapers and the 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 string is conventionally collected as the primary first edition. Later Doubleday printings carry a different number string lacking the interleaved 2 4 6 8 10 first-printing sequence, or state a later printing; the signed numbered limited edition is a separate issue, not a reprint of the trade first.
• Nation — 2008 · DoubledayNon-Discworld standalone novel. UK Doubleday (a Random House Children's Books imprint, London) 2008 is the first edition; the first printing has the full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 on the copyright page. Bound in midnight-blue cloth boards. The first-issue dust jacket carries the wraparound artwork by Jonny Duddle and should retain its printed price (unclipped); the printed price present is the mark of an…. UK Doubleday is the true first, published 11 September 2008; the US HarperCollins hardcover edition followed later the same month (late September 2008) and is a separate, subsequent printing, not the true first. Later printings show a shortened/reordered number line rather than the full 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 sequence; the UK first jacket is unclipped with the printed price present.
• Unseen Academicals — 2009 · DoubledayDiscworld 37. UK Doubleday, published 8 October 2009. First printing shows the Doubleday countdown number line ending in 1 (2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1) on the copyright page. A separate numbered, slipcased limited edition of 3,000 copies also exists. Publication was near-simultaneous: the US Harper edition was released 6 October 2009, two days before the UK Doubleday of 8 October. The UK Doubleday is the edition collectors of this British author treat as the primary first, but strict date precedence belongs to the US Harper. Later printings show a number line that no longer reaches 1.
• I Shall Wear Midnight — 2010 · DoubledayDiscworld 38; Tiffany Aching 4. UK Doubleday, published 2 September 2010, ISBN 9780385611077. First printing shows the full descending number line reaching 1 on the copyright page. Bound in black boards with the spine lettered in gilt and dark-blue endpapers; original dust jacket with cover art after Paul Kidby, its printed price present on the front flap. A separate Waterstone's-only issue included a…. The UK Doubleday edition (2 September 2010) is the true first; the US Harper edition followed on 28 September 2010. Later printings show a number line that no longer reaches 1. The numbered collector's edition is a distinct simultaneous issue, not a later reprint.
• Snuff — 2011 · DoubledayDiscworld 39; a City Watch novel. UK Doubleday first edition, published 13 October 2011 (ISBN 9780385619264). The first printing shows the Doubleday countdown number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. Bound in navy cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and navy pictorial endpapers; collation runs to 378 pages. The first-state dust jacket carries Paul Kidby's cover art and should retain the printed price on…. Publication was near-simultaneous: the US Harper edition was released 11 October 2011, two days before the UK Doubleday of 13 October. The UK Doubleday is the edition collectors of this British author treat as the primary first, but strict date precedence belongs to the US Harper. A separate Waterstones-exclusive first printing exists with a distinctive gold, porthole-style jacket. Later printings show a number line that no longer reaches 1.
• Dodger — 2012 · DoubledayNon-Discworld historical YA. UK Doubleday (London) first edition, first impression, published 13 September 2012; the copyright page carries a full number line ending in 1. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, and a pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Paul Kidby that should retain its printed UK price on the front flap. UK Doubleday true first (13 September 2012); the US HarperCollins edition followed on 25 September 2012. Later printings show a shortened number line. Some retail (Tesco) copies were issued with a pair of Paul Kidby postcards laid in; these are not a separate edition.
• The Long Earth (with Stephen Baxter) — 2012 · DoubledayLong Earth book 1, co-authored with Stephen Baxter. UK Doubleday (London) 2012, ISBN 0-857-52009-1 (9780857520098); the first printing shows a complete descending number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. Distinctively, this Doubleday first was issued in illustrated wraparound matt pictorial boards (pale pink and eau-de-nil tones, with the titling in black and dark red on the spine panel) rather than cloth…. UK Doubleday and US Harper editions appeared essentially simultaneously in June 2012; collectors generally take the UK Doubleday as the preferred first, distinguished by its pictorial-boards production and the full number line ending in 1. Later printings show a shortened or incomplete number line; the Corgi/Doubleday paperback (ISBN 9780552167239) and any book-club issue are later states, not the first.
• Raising Steam — 2013 · DoubledayDiscworld 40; Moist von Lipwig 3. UK Doubleday 2013. The first printing shows the publisher's countdown number line in the form 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 on the copyright page. Bound in black boards lettered in gilt on the spine, with pictorial endpapers and a map; 378 pages (last blank). The first-state pictorial dust wrapper retains its printed price. UK Doubleday (2013) is the true first; the US Doubleday edition did not appear until March 2014, with Anchor issuing the paperback. Later printings show a number line that no longer reaches 1. A Waterstones exclusive with pictorial boards also exists and should not be confused with the standard black-boards first.
• The Shepherd's Crown — 2015 · DoubledayDiscworld 41, the final Discworld novel, published posthumously; Tiffany Aching 5. UK Doubleday, published 27 August 2015. First printing shows the Doubleday countdown number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. UK Doubleday (27 August 2015) is the true first; the US Harper edition followed on 1 September 2015. Last Discworld novel. Later printings show a number line that no longer reaches 1.

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