# Is "Whiteout" by Ken Follett a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Whiteout by Ken Follett (Dutton, 2004) is identified by: For the US Dutton first printing (November 2004), look for a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and a price-intact dust jacket. The UK Macmillan 2004 hardcover is the true first edition of the work; Ken Follett's primary publisher was Macmillan in London.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- For the US Dutton first printing (November 2004), look for a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and a price-intact dust jacket
- This is the US issue, not the global true first
- Publisher imprint reads Dutton
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Ken Follett |
| Publisher | Dutton |
| Year | 2004 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | For the US Dutton first printing (November 2004), look for a complete number line ending… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
For the US Dutton first printing (November 2004), look for a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and a price-intact dust jacket. This is the US issue, not the global true first.

## Is this the true first?
The UK Macmillan 2004 hardcover is the true first edition of the work; Ken Follett's primary publisher was Macmillan in London. The Dutton edition is the first US edition, issued the same year.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book-club and later printings lack the full first-printing number line ending in 1 and are usually unpriced; they are not first printings.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Whiteout* by Ken Follett a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/whiteout
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.