# Is "Snuff" by Terry Pratchett a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Snuff by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday, 2011) is identified by: Discworld 39; a City Watch novel. Publication was near-simultaneous: the US Harper edition was released 11 October 2011, two days before the UK Doubleday of 13 October.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Discworld 39; a City Watch novel
- UK Doubleday first edition, published 13 October 2011 (ISBN 9780385619264)
- The first printing shows the Doubleday countdown number line ending in 1 on the copyright page
- Bound in navy cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and navy pictorial endpapers; collation runs to 378 pages
- The first-state dust jacket carries Paul Kidby's cover art and should retain the printed price on the front flap; the jacket is unclipped in first state
- Publisher imprint reads Doubleday
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Year | 2011 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Discworld 39; a City Watch novel |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Discworld 39; a City Watch novel. UK Doubleday first edition, published 13 October 2011 (ISBN 9780385619264). The first printing shows the Doubleday countdown number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. Bound in navy cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and navy pictorial endpapers; collation runs to 378 pages. The first-state dust jacket carries Paul Kidby's cover art and should retain the printed price on the front flap; the jacket is unclipped in first state.

## Is this the true first?
Publication was near-simultaneous: the US Harper edition was released 11 October 2011, two days before the UK Doubleday of 13 October. The UK Doubleday is the edition collectors of this British author treat as the primary first, but strict date precedence belongs to the US Harper. A separate Waterstones-exclusive first printing exists with a distinctive gold, porthole-style jacket.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings show a number line that no longer reaches 1.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Snuff* by Terry Pratchett a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/snuff
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.