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The phrase "a first edition of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the original version of a book or publication, often sought after by collectors or enthusiasts.
Example: "I was thrilled to find a first edition of my favorite novel at the antique bookstore."
Alternatives: "an original edition of" or "the inaugural edition of".
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A first edition of "Salem's Lot".
We see a first edition of Orwell's "Animal Farm" with the original subtitle, "A Fairy Story".
Among its treasures will be a first edition of "The Joy of Cooking" (think Mother's Day).
In the rare-book room, Dern picked up a first edition of Tennessee Williams's "Camino Real".
I remember being baffled and thrilled reading a first edition of The Orators.
The third was a first edition of a seven-volume biography of Churchill.
Between them, Bloomsbury and Scholastic printed a first edition of more than four million copies.
A first edition of Danny, Champion of the World signed by Dahl worth £2,000 is among the cache.
The library, which retains its original collection of books, has a first edition of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood".
This is where you can ogle a first edition of Milton's "Paradise Lost" (1669), on sale for $35,000.
On display is a first edition of "A Room of One's Own," in which Judith Shakespeare appears.
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