Publisher: Columbia University...Date published: 1983ISBN: 9780231054584
New York Columbia University Press, 1983, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. -- Winner of Spain's National Prize for Literature. -- Translated from Spanish by Helen Lane. Hardcover. Condition: near fine, in near fine dust jacket (tiny tear). -- Novel of a woman coming of age in Franco-era Spain. ISBN 0231054580
Carmen Martin Gaite Publisher: Siglo XXIDate published: 1972Format: Softcover
First Edition. Text in Spanish. Owner name front free page: John H.R. Polt, Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Berkeley. Browning of front and rear free pages. No other marks in very lightly read book. Softcover sunning.
London 1992 first edition, first impression. Harvill. Hardcover octavo. Turquoise cover. 374p. Translated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. Text Fine; binding secure; small discoloration on corner of rear cover. no dj. VG+.
Gaite, Carmen Martin Publisher: Columbia University...Date published: 1990ISBN: 9780231068888
New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Novel originally published in Spain in 1957. Publisher's PR review sheet and slip laid in. Translated by Frances M. Lopez-Morillas. First printing.
Carmen Martin Gaite Publisher: Siglo XXIDate published: 1972Format: Softcover
First Edition. Text in Spanish. Owner name front free page: John H.R. Polt, Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Berkeley. Browning of front and rear free pages. No other marks in very lightly read book. Softcover sunning.
London 1992 first edition, first impression. Harvill. Hardcover octavo. Turquoise cover. 374p. Translated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. Text Fine; binding secure; small discoloration on corner of rear cover. no dj. VG+.
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number line:A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that particular copy (e.g., a "1" would mean a first printing, and a "29" would indicate a 29th printing).
The following example is of a book that is in its 4th printing from Citadel Press. Note that despite the apparent declaration of "First printing 1997" the number line indicates the actual printing.
Often, the number line does not appear in sequence, as shown below in this first printing from Macmillan. However, the lowest number still indicates the printing:
There may also be times when a number line also contains intended years of publication as well as printings. This number line, for example, describes a first printing, published in 1989 by Harper & Row:
Random House is a notable exception, where for a period of several decades a first printing was indicated with a number line that began with "2", often accompanied by the words "First Edition".
Still other times, publishers may choose to use a letter line rather than a number line, as here shown in a first printing from Harvill Press (the "A" being indicative, rather than a "1"):