# Is "Footnotes in Gaza" by Joe Sacco a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco (Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt, 2009) is identified by: First edition hardcover, Metropolitan Books (an imprint of Henry Holt / Macmillan), 2009; ISBN 0805073477 / 9780805073478. The first book edition is the 2009 Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt hardcover (US).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition hardcover, Metropolitan Books (an imprint of Henry Holt / Macmillan), 2009
- ISBN 0805073477 / 9780805073478
- First printing carries a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and a first-issue jacket retaining its printed price (amount aside)
- An oversized, heavy volume of roughly 432 pages of comics journalism about the 1956 killings at Khan Younis and Rafah
- Correct publisher/imprint: Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Joe Sacco |
| Publisher | Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt |
| Year | 2009 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | First edition hardcover, Metropolitan Books (an imprint of Henry Holt / Macmillan), 2009 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition hardcover, Metropolitan Books (an imprint of Henry Holt / Macmillan), 2009; ISBN 0805073477 / 9780805073478. First printing carries a complete number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and a first-issue jacket retaining its printed price (amount aside). An oversized, heavy volume of roughly 432 pages of comics journalism about the 1956 killings at Khan Younis and Rafah.

## Is this the true first?
The first book edition is the 2009 Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt hardcover (US). Metropolitan is the Holt imprint under which it appeared, so references to Holt and to Metropolitan describe the same first printing.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings are indicated by a shortened number line no longer ending in 1.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Footnotes in Gaza* by Joe Sacco a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/footnotes-in-gaza
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.