# Is "Daisy Jones & The Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine Books, 2019) is identified by: True first is Ballantine Books, New York, dated 2019 (published March 5, 2019), ISBN 978-1-524-79862-8; the first printing shows a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. US Ballantine (March 2019) is the standard collected first; the UK Hutchinson edition appeared the same month and is the collected first in Britain but does not precede the US.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- True first is Ballantine Books, New York, dated 2019 (published March 5, 2019), ISBN 978-1-524-79862-8; the first printing shows a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page
- Standard trade hardcover in a priced dust jacket (price present at the front flap)
- Signed first printings exist, but a signature is not itself a printing point — confirm via the number line
- Publisher imprint reads Ballantine Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Taylor Jenkins Reid |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Year | 2019 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | True first is Ballantine Books, New York, dated 2019 (published March 5, 2019), ISBN 978-1-524-79862-8; the first printing shows a complete… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
True first is Ballantine Books, New York, dated 2019 (published March 5, 2019), ISBN 978-1-524-79862-8; the first printing shows a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. Standard trade hardcover in a priced dust jacket (price present at the front flap). Signed first printings exist, but a signature is not itself a printing point — confirm via the number line.

## Is this the true first?
US Ballantine (March 2019) is the standard collected first; the UK Hutchinson edition appeared the same month and is the collected first in Britain but does not precede the US. Both are 2019 market firsts of their respective territories.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Several signed/limited issues are 'first thus,' not the trade first — notably the Goldsboro Books (UK) signed, lined and dated limited of 700 numbered copies (black boards, white spine lettering, black sprayed edges, faux-leather slipcase), plus US retailer/signed printings. Collectible variants, not the true first edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Daisy Jones & The Six* by Taylor Jenkins Reid a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/daisy-jones-the-six
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.