The Color of Magic

The UK Colin Smythe hardcover (about 506 copies) is the collectors' true first and the publisher of record for Discworld; see the-colour-of-magic. By date the US St. Martin's issue actually appeared slightly earlier (cited ~21 October 1983) than the delayed Smythe issue (24 November 1983), but the far scarcer Smythe issue is the one collectors prize. Both issues are the same 1983 setting of type, printed by St. Martin's; this American-spelling page covers the larger US issue.