# Is "The Last Hero" by Terry Pratchett a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett (Gollancz, 2001) is identified by: Discworld 27; large-format illustrated Discworld fable with color art by Paul Kidby throughout. UK Gollancz illustrated edition is the true first; the US HarperCollins edition appeared the same season in late 2001.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Discworld 27; large-format illustrated Discworld fable with color art by Paul Kidby throughout
- UK Gollancz, published 18 October 2001; quarto in blue boards with silver spine lettering, illustrated endpapers, pictorial dust jacket
- A separate deluxe edition was issued in decorated cloth without a dust jacket
- Publisher imprint reads Gollancz
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
| Publisher | Gollancz |
| Year | 2001 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Discworld 27; large-format illustrated Discworld fable with color art by Paul Kidby throughout |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Discworld 27; large-format illustrated Discworld fable with color art by Paul Kidby throughout. UK Gollancz, published 18 October 2001; quarto in blue boards with silver spine lettering, illustrated endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. A separate deluxe edition was issued in decorated cloth without a dust jacket.

## Is this the true first?
UK Gollancz illustrated edition is the true first; the US HarperCollins edition appeared the same season in late 2001.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later smaller-format reprints and the expanded deluxe issue differ from the standard jacketed first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Last Hero* by Terry Pratchett a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-last-hero
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.