Hi everyone

I hope someone is still around here to answer my question - don't worry, it's not about where R. Scott Bakker is and when a new book is coming out. :-)

I'm planning to revisit all the books, and as a sort of ritual I was looking at all my US Overlook Hardback first editions. I'm pretty sure I sought out and purchased all the true first editions back in the day. I might (probably) have forgotten about an oddity amongst all of them, namely TTT.

All of them actively mentioned First Edition, except for TTT. Can someone confirm this for me? I'll add a (shitty, but serviceable) picture of the publisher page, to double check. If this one might have slipped through the cracks, could someone upload the publisher page of the first true edition US Overlook so I can look for the right one?

Glad to see everyone is still trying to find the First Editions. It's been a while since I made my Second Apocalypse account for that specific reason. Happy to be back after finishing TGO.

I'm proud to say, I'm now the owner of all the hardback Overlook covers in First Edition. This is largely thanks to Wilshire's help, so I'm happy to see him posting about this again. I do have a remark about the TTT edition (see below).

I might look for some signed first Canadian versions in the future, but for now I'm quite happy with my collection. I would love to see some information on what to look out for (numbers, physical traits) when it comes to first Canadian Editions. A breakdown of the existing Unproofed and Advanced Reading Copy Editions (both Overlook and Canadian Penguin), would be a superb addition to this post as well.

TTT, as far as I can tell, they only did 1 print run, and while lots of them have been remaindered (black mark on the pages at the bottom in sharpie), they are generally not too difficult to find and shouldn't be too pricey.  You should expect to pay more for one that isn't remaindered.

Like I mentioned above, I have one remark. All of my Overlook hardcover editions mention that they are First Editions, from PON to TGO, except for TTT. I've seen you mention a second edition of TDTCB with less quality paper, etc. This seems to happen with my version of TTT as well. So maybe there IS a second print run, my line starts with 2 and like I said, no mention of First Edition. Can you clarify this for me (i.e. tell me how yours looks)?

Wilshire,

Would you be willing to post pictures from your Hardback covers (all 5 books), Overlook Editions, both Front and information Page so I can compare it with the things I find online. It's more difficult than I expected, especially not completely destroyed editions ... :-/

Thanks

Hi everyone

I have been reading the Second Apocalypse books for quite a while now (probably some of the only books I've read more than once), and now I'm looking to buy the original (first edition) hard cover versions of the books to showcase and remind me of their brilliance every time I pass them.

Problem is, I can't get any straight answer from browsing through abebooks.com. So my question is, if anyone here knows the actual true first editions.

Here are some problems I'm dealing with:

- I'm pretty sure that the first editions are Canadian, but the information on them is very sparse (sometimes no hard cover in existance, etc.). Usually you get the American edition marked as the first edition. So that's confusing.

- With some books, you also have a unedited version of the original transcript for sale (they look pretty legit). I'm wondering what the big differences are (if any), and if that is considered a true first edition.

Anybody who can help me out? I'd appreciate it a lot!

Thanks