# Is "The Drop" by Michael Connelly a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Drop by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, 2011) is identified by: First US trade printing has the copyright page stating First Edition with the month and year of publication and carrying the full Little, Brown number line with the 1 present; the pictorial dust jacket should retain its printed price (an unclipped copy is preferred). US Little, Brown trade first is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First US trade printing has the copyright page stating First Edition with the month and year of publication and carrying the full Little, Brown number line with the 1 present; the pictorial dust jacket should retain its printed price (an unclipped copy is preferred)
- Issued November 2011 as the fifteenth Harry Bosch novel
- Publisher imprint reads Little, Brown
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Michael Connelly |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Year | 2011 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First US trade printing has the copyright page stating First Edition with the month and year of publication and carrying the full Little… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First US trade printing has the copyright page stating First Edition with the month and year of publication and carrying the full Little, Brown number line with the 1 present; the pictorial dust jacket should retain its printed price (an unclipped copy is preferred). Issued November 2011 as the fifteenth Harry Bosch novel.

## Is this the true first?
US Little, Brown trade first is the true first. A separate signed limited issue was produced by the Mysterious Bookshop, comprising a lettered state (A to Z) and a numbered state (to 100), quarter-bound in leather-like fabric over marbled paper boards with gilt spine stamping and signed on the limitation page; that limited issue is a distinct collectible and is not the trade first. The UK edition (Orion) is a separate issue.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No significant book-club edition noted for this title. Distinguish the Mysterious Bookshop lettered and numbered limited issue from the ordinary trade first, and confirm the stated First Edition line with the number line intact.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Drop* by Michael Connelly a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-drop
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.