# Is "Starsight (Skyward 2)" by Brandon Sanderson a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Starsight (Skyward 2) by Brandon Sanderson (Delacorte Press, 2019) is identified by: US Delacorte Press hardcover published November 26, 2019, in an illustrated hardcover of 461 pages; the first printing carries the full descending number line ending in 1, in the form 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. US Delacorte and UK Gollancz editions were published simultaneously on November 26, 2019; the US Delacorte first printing is customarily collected as the first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US Delacorte Press hardcover published November 26, 2019, in an illustrated hardcover of 461 pages; the first printing carries the full descending number line ending in 1, in the form 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
- The first-issue dust jacket should retain its printed price and be unclipped
- Publisher imprint reads Delacorte Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Brandon Sanderson |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
| Year | 2019 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US Delacorte Press hardcover published November 26, 2019, in an illustrated hardcover of 461 pages; the first printing carries the full… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
US Delacorte Press hardcover published November 26, 2019, in an illustrated hardcover of 461 pages; the first printing carries the full descending number line ending in 1, in the form 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. The first-issue dust jacket should retain its printed price and be unclipped.

## Is this the true first?
US Delacorte and UK Gollancz editions were published simultaneously on November 26, 2019; the US Delacorte first printing is customarily collected as the first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later Delacorte printings advance the number line, so that a lower number drops off the sequence (a third printing, for example, no longer shows the 1 2 3 run); confirm the complete line ending in 1 for a first printing.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Starsight (Skyward 2)* by Brandon Sanderson a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/starsight-skyward-2
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.