# Is "Collected Fictions" by Jorge Luis Borges a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (Viking, 1998) is identified by: First edition, Viking (Penguin Putnam), New York, 1998, translated by Andrew Hurley. First-thus: the first complete one-volume English gathering of Borges's fiction in the Andrew Hurley translation.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, Viking (Penguin Putnam), New York, 1998, translated by Andrew Hurley
- ISBN 0-670-84970-7
- A true first printing carries the publisher's full descending number line reading down to 1 with no stated later printing
- Publisher imprint reads Viking
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jorge Luis Borges |
| Publisher | Viking |
| Year | 1998 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, Viking (Penguin Putnam), New York, 1998, translated by Andrew Hurley |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First edition, Viking (Penguin Putnam), New York, 1998, translated by Andrew Hurley. ISBN 0-670-84970-7. A true first printing carries the publisher's full descending number line reading down to 1 with no stated later printing.

## Is this the true first?
First-thus: the first complete one-volume English gathering of Borges's fiction in the Andrew Hurley translation. This is not the first appearance of the individual stories, several of which appeared earlier in other translations.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition; later Penguin trade-paperback reprints exist and are not the Viking first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Collected Fictions* by Jorge Luis Borges a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/collected-fictions
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.