# Is "Companion Piece" by Ali Smith a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Companion Piece by Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton, 2022) is identified by: UK Hamish Hamilton hardcover, published 7 April 2022, ISBN 978-0-241-54134-0. UK Hamish Hamilton (April 2022) precedes the US Pantheon edition (2022).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- UK Hamish Hamilton hardcover, published 7 April 2022, ISBN 978-0-241-54134-0
- Bound in boards with gilt lettering on the spine, with a full number line counting down to 1, and issued in a David Hockney wraparound dust jacket that should retain its printed price
- The book runs about 230 pages
- Publisher imprint reads Hamish Hamilton
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Ali Smith |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
| Year | 2022 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | UK Hamish Hamilton hardcover, published 7 April 2022, ISBN 978-0-241-54134-0 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
UK Hamish Hamilton hardcover, published 7 April 2022, ISBN 978-0-241-54134-0. Bound in boards with gilt lettering on the spine, with a full number line counting down to 1, and issued in a David Hockney wraparound dust jacket that should retain its printed price. The book runs about 230 pages.

## Is this the true first?
UK Hamish Hamilton (April 2022) precedes the US Pantheon edition (2022). It follows Smith's Seasonal Quartet and, like those volumes, uses a Hockney landscape on the jacket.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later impressions state the impression number on the copyright page. Publisher-signed first-edition copies additionally carry an orange author-signed roundel on the jacket; this roundel is a signed-copy feature, not a point present on every first printing.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Companion Piece* by Ali Smith a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/companion-piece
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.