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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

A member of the audience noted that at the end of the first edition of Zack’s book, she addressed future uncertainties in a section titled, “Whither To, Altadena?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Welcome to the first edition of Executive Dysfunction.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

Glenny will present his first edition of In Our Time on Thursday 15 January 2026.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

In the first edition, Charles had ended the book: “There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one.”

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman