AbeBooks Explains how to Identify a First Edition Book

Really helpful. Thank you.

My grandma has a collectors edition of the Count of Monte Cristo and you CAN TELL just by looking at it that it's special. I I found the book in question, paperback, for 5.61 claiming first edition. Can I trust it?

Please I want the sixth and seventh book of moses?

Hello!

I have been using a video by AbeBooks that described Book Banning, but it now says the video is private. Is there a way I can get a copy of the video?

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Great info! Thank you

Sometimes abebooks be hit or miss. Sometimes you get screwed, sometimes you don't.

I cannot find a book exactly like "A Wonder-Book" For Young and Old by Nathaniel Hawthorne. New York:Bay View Publishing Co. The preface ends with: Lenox,July 15,1851.
Found many copies that are "A Wonder Book" For Girls and Boys with Ticknor&Fields as the publisher. I have emailed a couple book sellers; but,no return message yet.

This was a very instructive and informative video. Thanks!

I have a book whose title page indicates that it is a compilation of the world's best authors, incluuding personal sketch es of authors by Margaret M. Browning. It is also illustrated with "Full Page Half-Tones. The back of this page is blank except for the words--Copyright 1903 by L. G. STAHL. The following page is a table of contents wth a list of all the subjects to be covered and all the authors who have written poems for the different subjects. It was presented to my grandfather in 1904. I wonder if this book is a first edition. I am pretty sure it came from the USA, possibly Valparaiso University in Indiana.`

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What about 1st editions that have been signed, highlighted or otherwise marked by previous owners? What id a first edition has a damaged dust-jacket but is otherwise in good condition? How do you appraise or value these kinds of books for sale or re-sale? Thanks.

what is best 1st edition or 22 th edition?????

Your Video is the most informative on 1st Edition Books I have found on the Internet! Thank you.

Ive just moved and am going thru my books. I had even pulled out a few to give away. Had a quick squiz at a couple and there was 5 first editions and 1 second edition that is almost 100 years old (id already decided to keep that one)

I have no idea what that meant.

I just ordered a book from you guys but you could not tell me if it was a first edition

2021 anyone

what if there is no number line

Quite informative! Sir, which editor choose while buying if there are many editions of a book? Do editions really matter? I'd appreciate your help. Thanks in advance!

Radon House first editions use a numbered like that will begin with the number '2'. There are also first editions that are not first printings quite often due to errors in the text.

Hello, could you help me to know the year of a book?
My grandma has a collection of books called signature classics. The one that I have right now is the phantom ricksaw. The publisher is Clute books, inc. Publishers New York and Washington, D.C. Printed in the USA

Abe Books, when are you going to keep your platform sellers from defrauding customers?

I have Harry Potter and the goblet of fire and it said 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 but idk if it’s real

Can someone identify the edition for this Random House 1987 book 13579C8642.

I recently purchased a first edition copy of Jack Howell's The Lovely Reed (1998). In addition to the usual identifiers on the Copyright Page, there is a dated Library of Congress copyright stamp plus a bar code. What are the significance of these added items?

Can't believe the amount of first editions in my house lol Thank you for this😂❤

There are no number lines just one date.

I recently purchased a Margaret Atwood "The Testaments" Published by: Penguin Random House printing with a number line as: 1 2 3 4 5 23 22 21 20 19 - I do not understand as it stops at five. It is a Canadian Printing with an ISBN # 9780771009433 - Do I have a first Canadian Edition? Curious as I would like to start collecting her Firsts.

So i watch this video and it told me the number line that is a first edition and i have that number line in a book of mine. It goes 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

What if there is only one copyright date on the copyright page without a number line.  It states:
"COPYRIGHT © 1963, CASTLE BOOKS
"PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".
Thank you.

IS THIS A FIRST EDITION? IF NOT WHAT EDITION IS IT? THANK YOU. THE COPYRIGHT PAGE ONLY STATES:
"A condensed version of a portion of this work first appeared in Reader's Digest. Copyright © 1974 by Reader's Digest Association, Inc."
AND BELOW THAT IS ALSO:
"Copyright © 1976 by Alex Haley
"All Rights Reserved
"Printed in the United Stats of America"

Can someone please help me ... so I bought this Alice in wonderland book at Half Price Books and it’s a Limited Edition 226 copies but there no # and there’s a line across it. Can anyone tell me what that means?

hi, great vid, i have a question please. i'm checking out "god is everywhere" 1968, and it appears there are 2 styles of dust jackets, they both show a price in the corner inside page, is there a way to tell which one was original, and also, is it possible they made both originally? thanks and GOD BLESS

The real question: “Who cares!?”

Hi could u give a good contacts in UK to see the books and value them. Many thanks for advice.

Where can I Buy a first edition of "the pocket guide of the identification of first editions" ? Will this break the quantum barrier if I do?

What does WXYZ then 2 3 mean?
I have a Dr. Seuss 1968 foot book. 1st edition😁

This 'First Edition Criteria' has become ridiculous. First of all, if one of the pages of the book has 'First Edition' printed, then it is a first edition book. Plain and simple.
Secondly, if this nonsense wants to follow the first printing bullshit, then the most valuable book would be the first one ever made. For example, if 100 books were printed for the '1st Ed - 1st Print', then the "True first edition book' would be the one made with the first printed page #1 out of the hundred #1 printed pages; and so forth and so on, with the same logic. This is when it becomes ridiculous: trying to find out which was printed first. You'll never know! (Unless of course you work at the printing and bookbinding factory).

Finally, here's another example of the first print criteria problem. A book has 2 first edition prints: the '1st Ed - 1st Print' has 1000 books, and the '1st Ed - 2nd Print' has 1500 books. Since it's all numerical, the '1st Ed - 1st Print - #987 book" would be closer to the '1st Ed - 2nd Print - #003 book', than to the '1st Ed - 1st Print - #001 book".

All of this to be considered in terms of the 'what was really printed first' paradox.

If there is a copyright date and nothing but a number printed under it does that mean its a first edition and the number under it denotes either a date or how many books had been printed so far?

Wow, you have really taught me just what I wanted to know today. Thank you. Subscribed.

I always wondered what those number sequences meant. I'm still not sure what they mean fully.

>A Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions
>Sixth Revised Edition
Not sure how I feel about that.

this was awesome..i've learn a lot. thank you AbeBooks you give us an idea how to look and care our books.

My Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 on the copyright page.

Does anyone know how to identify a first edition of "Mike mulligan and his steam shovel"? A local bookshop has a good price on a claimed first edition, but there is no discernible information on the book itself. (No number line, "first edition" text or anything) The copyright page says "copyright, 1939, by Virginia Lee Demetrios. All rights reserved including the right to reproduce this book or parts thereof in any form. Printed in the USA." The cover is offwhite and features the steam shovel on top of the title facing right (rather than coming out of the page as i have seen on other versions) Any insight would be greatly appreciated as I am not a collector but want to buy this book as a Christmas present.

I have Harry Potter 20th anervisery first edition

Does content of book differ with edition..

I have a book with no print number and no first edition or anything... it just says first published etc... help? Please?

If it oly has a one and no there numbers what does that mean