# Is "Winter of the World" by Ken Follett a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Winter of the World by Ken Follett (Dutton, 2012) is identified by: For the US Dutton first printing (September 2012), look for a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and a price-intact dust jacket. Released as a near-simultaneous worldwide publication in September 2012, with UK Macmillan and US Dutton first printings appearing together.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- For the US Dutton first printing (September 2012), look for a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and a price-intact dust jacket
- Volume two of the Century Trilogy
- This is the US issue
- Publisher imprint reads Dutton
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Ken Follett |
| Publisher | Dutton |
| Year | 2012 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | For the US Dutton first printing (September 2012), look for a complete number line ending… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
For the US Dutton first printing (September 2012), look for a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and a price-intact dust jacket. Volume two of the Century Trilogy. This is the US issue.

## Is this the true first?
Released as a near-simultaneous worldwide publication in September 2012, with UK Macmillan and US Dutton first printings appearing together. The UK Macmillan edition is generally treated as the first edition for this British author, so 'US Dutton first' is not supportable.

## 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 *Winter of the World* by Ken Follett a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/winter-of-the-world
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.