# Is "Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me" by Javier Marías (trans. Margaret Jull Costa) a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me by Javier Marías (trans. Margaret Jull Costa) (The Harvill Press, London, 1996) is identified by: First English edition; UK Harvill Press, 1996, cloth in dust jacket (ISBN 1-86046-199-9 / 9781860461996), translated by Margaret Jull Costa from 'Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí.' Marías's third novel translated into English. True first of the work is the Spanish 'Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí' (Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, 1994).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First English edition
- UK Harvill Press, 1996, cloth in dust jacket (ISBN 1-86046-199-9 / 9781860461996), translated by Margaret Jull Costa from 'Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí.' Marías's third novel translated into English
- Publisher imprint reads The Harvill Press, London
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Javier Marías (trans. Margaret Jull Costa) |
| Publisher | The Harvill Press, London |
| Year | 1996 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First English edition |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First English edition; UK Harvill Press, 1996, cloth in dust jacket (ISBN 1-86046-199-9 / 9781860461996), translated by Margaret Jull Costa from 'Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí.' Marías's third novel translated into English.

## Is this the true first?
True first of the work is the Spanish 'Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí' (Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, 1994). The 1996 UK Harvill is the first edition in English; the US New Directions edition (ISBN 0-8112-1482-6) followed later.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later New Directions reprints and the US Harcourt issue are not the 1996 UK first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me* by Javier Marías (trans. Margaret Jull Costa) a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/tomorrow-in-the-battle-think-on-me
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.