# Is "Walking to Hollywood" by Will Self a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Walking to Hollywood by Will Self (Bloomsbury, 2010) is identified by: First UK edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2010. UK Bloomsbury (2010) is the true first and precedes the US Grove Press edition (2011).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First UK edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2010
- Issued as a hardback in pictorial (illustrated) boards with NO dust jacket issued, so a jacketless copy in this state is correct and complete rather than deficient
- First printing carries a full descending number line ending in 1 on the copyright page
- Publisher imprint reads Bloomsbury
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Will Self |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
| Year | 2010 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First UK edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2010 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First UK edition, Bloomsbury, London, 2010. Issued as a hardback in pictorial (illustrated) boards with NO dust jacket issued, so a jacketless copy in this state is correct and complete rather than deficient. First printing carries a full descending number line ending in 1 on the copyright page.

## Is this the true first?
UK Bloomsbury (2010) is the true first and precedes the US Grove Press edition (2011).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings are identified by the lowest number in the copyright-page line being higher than 1.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Walking to Hollywood* by Will Self a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/walking-to-hollywood
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.