# Is "Cross Stitch" by Diana Gabaldon a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon (Century, 1991) is identified by: UK first edition of the novel published in the US as Outlander. This is the scarcer of the two 1991 firsts.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- UK first edition of the novel published in the US as Outlander
- Century (London) hardcover, 1991, with a very small first print run of roughly 2,000 copies and no second printing
- Identify by the Century imprint, the Cross Stitch title, the 1991 date with no later-printing statement, and a dust jacket carrying a UK pound price
- Publisher imprint reads Century
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Diana Gabaldon |
| Publisher | Century |
| Year | 1991 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | UK first edition of the novel published in the US as Outlander |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
UK first edition of the novel published in the US as Outlander. Century (London) hardcover, 1991, with a very small first print run of roughly 2,000 copies and no second printing. Identify by the Century imprint, the Cross Stitch title, the 1991 date with no later-printing statement, and a dust jacket carrying a UK pound price.

## Is this the true first?
This is the scarcer of the two 1991 firsts. It is not a reprint of Outlander but a parallel first edition under Gabaldon's original title, and is the harder of the two to find for completists.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later UK mass-market paperback reissues (Arrow) also use the Cross Stitch title but are paperbacks; the collectible first is the 1991 Century hardcover. No book-club edition of note.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Cross Stitch* by Diana Gabaldon a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/cross-stitch
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.