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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

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

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