How to Use first edition in a Sentence

first edition

noun
  • There were many errors in the book's first edition.
  • She owns a valuable first edition of Huckleberry Finn.
  • Thanks for all your feedback on our first edition last week.
    — Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • My wife got me all the pages of the first edition, and they're all framed in our house.
    — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • To see the first edition of the rankings, click through the gallery above.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • And preview the first edition here.
    — Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Click here to sign up to get it in your inbox and check out the first edition.
    — Cate Martel, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Take off with a cardboard box of first editions and make a getaway?
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The first edition is flavored with rich shinko Asian pears and shiso.
    — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The first edition of the pharmacopeia was a landmark in many ways.
    — Michael Eisenstein, Scientific American, 31 May 2018
  • Sign up below or here and watch for our first edition on April 13.
    — The Editors, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2026
  • There are a few base set editions, including first edition cards.
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The first edition of 1,000 copies were sold at the restaurant.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Many of the books are autographed first editions and imports.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The first edition was released in 2019.
    — Sharon Chin, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The lunar module was the last of the first edition series of that spacecraft.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Lacey wrote the first edition of the book last year but has spent the time since updating it and adding more chapters.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 24 June 2021
  • As art director at the time, I was charged with the cover of the first edition.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The price is one of the highest recorded for one of Rowling’s first edition books.
    — Emma Pocock, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
  • This will be the first edition of Okeechobee since 2023.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Welcome to our first edition of In The Dotte and thank you for being here.
    — Sofi Zeman january 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Other first editions of The Hobbit have fetched steep prices at past auctions.
    — India Brown, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The front room of our store contains the first editions but our other rooms will have landmark titles for far less money.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
  • The readers of her first editions are now the grandparents who are picking up the book or giving it to their children.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The award comes at the conclusion of the first edition of Munich Film Up!
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 June 2022
  • Welcome to the first edition of Down to Business with Asli Pelit.
    — Asli Pelit, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • A lot has changed since the first edition came out in 2005 with around 580 hikes, Friend said.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • The first edition of the 2026 power rankings begins there.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • The first edition of the Concord Review came out in the fall of 1988.
    — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Which team will move to 2-0 in the first edition of Thursday Night Football?
    — Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025

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