# Is "One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of One for the Money by Janet Evanovich (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994) is identified by: The first printing carries a complete number line on the copyright page in which the "1" is present; dealers record the Scribner-era line for this title as "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2", the outward-running pattern then in house use, so "full line including the 1" is the test rather than a line reading 10-to-1. The census claim is confirmed: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1994 — the US hardcover — is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- The first printing carries a complete number line on the copyright page in which the "1" is present; dealers record the Scribner-era line for this title as "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2", the outward-running pattern then in house use, so "full line including the 1" is the test rather than a line reading 10-to-1
- Do not look for the old Scribner "A" point: Quill & Brush records the "A" as the house first-edition marker from 1930, but by 1994 Scribner's had moved to the number line, and an "A" is not expected on this book
- Binding is quarter white cloth over blue paper boards, lettered in blue on the spine, with blue endpapers and pastedowns; octavo, collating [10], 3-290, [4] pp
- The jacket should be priced, with the price present at the front flap
- First appearance of Stephanie Plum
- Publisher imprint reads Charles Scribner's Sons
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Janet Evanovich |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons |
| Year | 1994 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | The first printing carries a complete number line on the copyright page in which the "1" is present; dealers record the Scribner-era line… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
The first printing carries a complete number line on the copyright page in which the "1" is present; dealers record the Scribner-era line for this title as "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2", the outward-running pattern then in house use, so "full line including the 1" is the test rather than a line reading 10-to-1. Do not look for the old Scribner "A" point: Quill & Brush records the "A" as the house first-edition marker from 1930, but by 1994 Scribner's had moved to the number line, and an "A" is not expected on this book. Binding is quarter white cloth over blue paper boards, lettered in blue on the spine, with blue endpapers and pastedowns; octavo, collating [10], 3-290, [4] pp. The jacket should be priced, with the price present at the front flap. First appearance of Stephanie Plum.

## Is this the true first?
The census claim is confirmed: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1994 — the US hardcover — is the true first. The UK first edition (Hamish Hamilton, London) followed in 1995 and was issued in wraps only, a paperback original in Britain, so no contemporaneous UK hardcover first exists; it is collected as the first British edition but is clearly subsequent to the US issue. Reported claims of a 1994 UK issue are not supported by the dealer records consulted, which date the Hamish Hamilton wraps to 1995.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No distinct book-club issue of the Scribner first is documented in the sources consulted. The trap on this title is a different one: a Scribner's advance reading copy / uncorrected proof in pictorial stiff wrappers (sometimes accompanied by a publisher's press release) precedes the trade issue and is separately collected, but it is a proof, not the first edition, and should never be catalogued as one.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *One for the Money* by Janet Evanovich a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/one-for-the-money
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.