# Is "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Atria Books, 2017) is identified by: First printings state "First Edition" on the copyright page AND carry the full number line reversed, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"; both must be present, since the stated edition line persists on later printings whose number lines are truncated. The true first is the American edition: Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), New York, June 2017 (ISBN 978-1-5011-3923-9) — the census claim is correct as to the US first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printings state "First Edition" on the copyright page AND carry the full number line reversed, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"; both must be present, since the stated edition line persists on later printings whose number lines are truncated
- Issued in hardcover, 389 pp., ISBN 978-1-5011-3923-9, with gilt titling to the spine; the jacket should be unclipped with the price present at the front flap
- Sources conflict on the exact day of publication — 1 June and 13 June 2017 are both cited — so the record here is given as June 2017
- Because the book's fame arrived years after publication, first printings are uncommon and later printings in identical jackets circulate widely; the number line is the only reliable discriminator
- Publisher imprint reads Atria Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Taylor Jenkins Reid |
| Publisher | Atria Books |
| Year | 2017 |
| True first | American edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printings state "First Edition" on the copyright page AND carry the full number line reversed, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"; both must be… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First printings state "First Edition" on the copyright page AND carry the full number line reversed, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"; both must be present, since the stated edition line persists on later printings whose number lines are truncated. Issued in hardcover, 389 pp., ISBN 978-1-5011-3923-9, with gilt titling to the spine; the jacket should be unclipped with the price present at the front flap. Sources conflict on the exact day of publication — 1 June and 13 June 2017 are both cited — so the record here is given as June 2017. Because the book's fame arrived years after publication, first printings are uncommon and later printings in identical jackets circulate widely; the number line is the only reliable discriminator.

## Is this the true first?
The true first is the American edition: Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), New York, June 2017 (ISBN 978-1-5011-3923-9) — the census claim is correct as to the US first. The census assertion that a UK Simon & Schuster edition "followed" could NOT be verified: no 2017 British printing was confirmed, and the Simon & Schuster UK issue traced (ISBN 978-1-3985-1569-7) appears to be a considerably later reissue rather than a contemporaneous UK first. Written in English; no original-language question arises. On the evidence consulted the US hardcover stands as the sole first edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition is documented. The traps here are "first thus" reissues driven by the book's later popularity: the Atria trade paperback (ISBN 978-1-5011-6193-3), the sprayed-edge special issues, and the Simon & Schuster Deluxe Edition hardcover (ISBN 978-1-6680-8178-5) are all later editions, not first printings. Sprayed edges in particular are a marker of the modern special issues and are NOT a point of the 2017 first — some dealer copy wrongly implies otherwise. Any copy without the complete number line running to 1 is a later printing.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo* by Taylor Jenkins Reid a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo
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.