# Is "Ripper" by Isabel Allende a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Ripper by Isabel Allende (HarperCollins, 2014) is identified by: First English-language edition, published by Harper (HarperCollins), New York, 2014; first printing has the number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. First English-language edition of the Spanish novel El juego de Ripper, originally published in Spanish in 2014.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First English-language edition, published by Harper (HarperCollins), New York, 2014; first printing has the number line ending in 1 on the copyright page
- Hardcover in dust jacket
- The English translation is credited to Ollie Brock (also styled Oliver Brock) and Frank Wynne
- The UK edition was issued by Fourth Estate/HarperCollins in 2014 under the same title
- Publisher imprint reads HarperCollins
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Isabel Allende |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Year | 2014 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First English-language edition, published by Harper (HarperCollins), New York, 2014; first printing has the number line ending in 1 on the… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First English-language edition, published by Harper (HarperCollins), New York, 2014; first printing has the number line ending in 1 on the copyright page. Hardcover in dust jacket. The English translation is credited to Ollie Brock (also styled Oliver Brock) and Frank Wynne. The UK edition was issued by Fourth Estate/HarperCollins in 2014 under the same title.

## Is this the true first?
First English-language edition of the Spanish novel El juego de Ripper, originally published in Spanish in 2014. The US Harper and UK Fourth Estate editions are near-simultaneous 2014 issues of the same translation.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No notable book-club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Ripper* by Isabel Allende a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/ripper
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.