where do you find the edition of a book
Edition (book) A "first edition" per se is not a valuable collectible book. A popular work may be published and reprinted over time by many publishers, and in a variety of formats. There will be a first edition of each, which the publisher may cite on the copyright page, such as: "First mass market paperback edition". The first edition of a facsimile reprint is the reprint publisher's first edition, but not the first edition of the work itself.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Published in 1997, this 832-page leatherbound final omnibus edition contains five Hitchhiker series novels and one short story: