# Is "Pandora" by Anne Rice a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Pandora by Anne Rice (Alfred A. Knopf, 1998) is identified by: First trade edition, first printing of 'Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires' (a Borzoi Book). US Knopf (New York) trade edition, 1998, is the collected first; a signed/limited state also exists, which is why some copies are designated 'First Trade Edition' rather than simply 'First Edition.'

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First trade edition, first printing of 'Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires' (a Borzoi Book)
- Bound in quarter cloth over black boards with gilt spine lettering, roughly 353 pages, with a color frontispiece painting ('The Scribe Ezra Rewriting the Sacred Records')
- The copyright page states 'First Trade Edition'; the dust jacket should carry its printed price on the front flap
- Publisher imprint reads Alfred A. Knopf
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Anne Rice |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year | 1998 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First trade edition, first printing of 'Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires' (a Borzoi Book) |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First trade edition, first printing of 'Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires' (a Borzoi Book). Bound in quarter cloth over black boards with gilt spine lettering, roughly 353 pages, with a color frontispiece painting ('The Scribe Ezra Rewriting the Sacred Records'). The copyright page states 'First Trade Edition'; the dust jacket should carry its printed price on the front flap.

## Is this the true first?
US Knopf (New York) trade edition, 1998, is the collected first; a signed/limited state also exists, which is why some copies are designated 'First Trade Edition' rather than simply 'First Edition.'

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book-club and later printings lack the stated 'First Trade Edition' line on the copyright page and an unclipped priced jacket; verify that the edition line is present and the jacket flap retains its printed price.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Pandora* by Anne Rice a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/pandora
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.