# Is "Stitches: A Memoir" by David Small a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Stitches: A Memoir by David Small (W. W. Norton & Company, 2009) is identified by: Norton & Company, New York, 2009, hardcover in dust jacket, ISBN 978-0-393-06857-3. US true first and the form in which the book first appeared; a National Book Award finalist.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2009, hardcover in dust jacket, ISBN 978-0-393-06857-3
- A first printing states First Edition on the copyright page with a complete number line that descends to 1; later printings remove the lowest digits
- Original Norton jacket
- Correct publisher/imprint: W. W. Norton & Company

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | David Small |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Year | 2009 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | First edition, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2009, hardcover in dust jacket, ISBN 978-0-393-06857-3 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First edition, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2009, hardcover in dust jacket, ISBN 978-0-393-06857-3. A first printing states First Edition on the copyright page with a complete number line that descends to 1; later printings remove the lowest digits. Original Norton jacket.

## Is this the true first?
US true first and the form in which the book first appeared; a National Book Award finalist. Distinguish from later printings and from the later trade paperback (ISBN 978-0-393-33896-6), which is a first-thus, not the first edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition recorded. Confirm the stated First Edition and a number line descending to 1 on the copyright page.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Stitches: A Memoir* by David Small a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/stitches-a-memoir
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.