first edition

noun

1. the whole number of copies of a literary work printed first, from the same type, and issued together.
2. an individual copy from this number.
3. the first printing of a newspaper for a given date.

Word History and Origins

Origin of first edition¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Fight against the first-edition craze, which is the maddest craze that ever affected book collecting.

From Project Gutenberg