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First-Edition Identification · US Trade Publishers

How to Identify a One World First Edition

US (New York) · relaunched 2017

The fastest check: First printing carries a complete number line descending to 1 with no later-printing notice

How to identify a first printing

Decode the printer's key: paste the number line into the number-line decoder, search any title in the First Edition Checker, or run a book through the identifier.

Notable points & cautions

Imprints

First editions also appear under: One World. Each generally follows the house convention above.

Frequently asked questions

How do I know if my One World book is a first edition?

Check the copyright page. First printing carries a complete number line descending to 1 with no later-printing notice Copyright page typically states "First Edition" alongside the full number line, following standard Random House / Penguin Random House practice

Does One World use a number line?

Copyright page typically states "First Edition" alongside the full number line, following standard Random House / Penguin Random House practice

Is a book-club edition a One World first edition?

No. Book-club editions reprint the text but are not the true first edition. Literary imprint focused on diverse voices within the Random House Publishing Group (Penguin Random House); relaunched in 2017 under publisher and editor-in-chief Chris Jackson, with its inaugural list including Ta-Nehisi Coates's We Were Eight Years in Power

What era does this cover?

This covers One World (relaunched 2017). Conventions changed over time, so confirm the era of your copy.

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