# Is "The Wish List" by Eoin Colfer a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Wish List by Eoin Colfer (The O'Brien Press, 2000) is identified by: Irish first, The O'Brien Press, 2000, published as a paperback original (ISBN 0862786584). Irish O'Brien Press edition (2000) is the true first, preceding the later UK Puffin and US editions.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Irish first, The O'Brien Press, 2000, published as a paperback original (ISBN 0862786584)
- Identify by the O'Brien Press imprint and 2000 first-published statement on the copyright page; first-state wrappers with price intact
- Publisher imprint reads The O'Brien Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Eoin Colfer |
| Publisher | The O'Brien Press |
| Year | 2000 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | Irish first, The O'Brien Press, 2000, published as a paperback original (ISBN 0862786584) |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Irish first, The O'Brien Press, 2000, published as a paperback original (ISBN 0862786584). Identify by the O'Brien Press imprint and 2000 first-published statement on the copyright page; first-state wrappers with price intact.

## Is this the true first?
Irish O'Brien Press edition (2000) is the true first, preceding the later UK Puffin and US editions. An earlier, scarcer Colfer title.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later Puffin and US editions are separate later issues.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Wish List* by Eoin Colfer a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-wish-list
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.