# Is "The Shepherd's Crown" by Terry Pratchett a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday, 2015) is identified by: Discworld 41, the final Discworld novel, published posthumously; Tiffany Aching 5. UK Doubleday (27 August 2015) is the true first; the US Harper edition followed on 1 September 2015.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Discworld 41, the final Discworld novel, published posthumously
- Tiffany Aching 5
- UK Doubleday, published 27 August 2015
- First printing shows the Doubleday countdown number line ending in 1 on the copyright page
- Publisher imprint reads Doubleday
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Year | 2015 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Discworld 41, the final Discworld novel, published posthumously |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Discworld 41, the final Discworld novel, published posthumously; Tiffany Aching 5. UK Doubleday, published 27 August 2015. First printing shows the Doubleday countdown number line ending in 1 on the copyright page.

## Is this the true first?
UK Doubleday (27 August 2015) is the true first; the US Harper edition followed on 1 September 2015. Last Discworld novel.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings show a number line that no longer reaches 1.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Shepherd's Crown* by Terry Pratchett a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-shepherds-crown
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.