# Is "Hornet Flight" by Ken Follett a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Hornet Flight by Ken Follett (Dutton, 2002) is identified by: For the US Dutton first printing, look for a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and a price-intact dust jacket. Ken Follett is British and his primary publisher was Macmillan in London; the UK Macmillan 2002 hardcover is the true first edition of the work.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- For the US Dutton first printing, look for a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and a price-intact dust jacket
- Note this is the US issue, not the true first of the work
- Publisher imprint reads Dutton
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Ken Follett |
| Publisher | Dutton |
| Year | 2002 |
| True first | British edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | For the US Dutton first printing, look for a complete number line ending in 1 on the… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
For the US Dutton first printing, look for a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and a price-intact dust jacket. Note this is the US issue, not the true first of the work.

## Is this the true first?
Ken Follett is British and his primary publisher was Macmillan in London; the UK Macmillan 2002 hardcover is the true first edition of the work. The Dutton edition is the first US edition, published the same year but not the global true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book-club and later reprint copies lack the full first-printing number line ending in 1 and are typically unpriced or clipped; they are not first printings.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Hornet Flight* by Ken Follett a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/hornet-flight
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.