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Jane Magnusson recalled rescuing a first edition of Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” that her mother might otherwise have discarded or given to a stranger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

He publishes with a small press to little notice, yet word of mouth helps the book sell out its first edition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

On my bookshelves lived my beloved book collection — hundreds of signed, first edition novels which had taken me years to collect.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

An original copy of the June 1939 first edition on the Man of Steel's adventures, it was in a remarkably pristine condition.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Long after the first edition of this book was published in 1996, I continued to puzzle over the absence of alkaloids in the seeds tested by Clausen and Treadwell.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer