# Is "The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned" by Anne Rice a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice (Ballantine, 1989) is identified by: US Ballantine Books trade paperback original, published June 1989. The 1989 Ballantine US trade paperback is the true first edition in the US; there was no US hardcover.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US Ballantine Books trade paperback original, published June 1989
- As a Ballantine paperback original, the true first printing carries no additional-printing statement and no higher printing numbers on the copyright page; later printings add a printing statement or advance the number sequence
- There was no US hardcover first edition
- Publisher imprint reads Ballantine
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Anne Rice |
| Publisher | Ballantine |
| Year | 1989 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US Ballantine Books trade paperback original, published June 1989 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
US Ballantine Books trade paperback original, published June 1989. As a Ballantine paperback original, the true first printing carries no additional-printing statement and no higher printing numbers on the copyright page; later printings add a printing statement or advance the number sequence. There was no US hardcover first edition.

## Is this the true first?
The 1989 Ballantine US trade paperback is the true first edition in the US; there was no US hardcover. A UK hardcover edition was issued separately. Collectors sometimes wrongly seek a US hardcover first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No US book-club edition supersedes it; later printings add higher printing numbers and remove the first-printing statement.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned* by Anne Rice a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-mummy-or-ramses-the-damned
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.