City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1)

US Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster), New York, published 27 March 2007 — the true first. The UK issue from Walker Books (ISBN 9781406307627) followed and is a UK first, not the true first. Title-collision trap: Michael Connelly's City of Bones (Little, Brown, 2002) is an entirely unrelated novel and is frequently mis-catalogued against this record. Later McElderry printings are still dated 2007 on the title page and are often offered as "the printed pricet Edition" — check the printer's key.