Shadow and Bone

The census claim that the US Holt edition is the true first does NOT survive on strict chronological precedence and is corrected here. The book appeared first in Britain under a different title — "The Gathering Dark" (Indigo, an imprint of Orion Children's Books, London) — as a trade-paperback original, dated 17 May 2012 by contemporaneous UK sources, roughly three weeks ahead of the US Henry Holt hardcover of 5 June 2012. The Indigo issue is therefore the first appearance in book form, though it is a paperback original with no UK hardcover issue. The Holt hardcover is the first edition under the title "Shadow and Bone," the first hardcover anywhere, and the issue chiefly pursued. Both are collected; name both. Caveat on the margin: some databases give the Indigo date as early June rather than mid-May, so the UK lead is narrow — verify the Indigo date independently before relying on it.