First impression
1968At a glance
Points of issue
- Dust jacket, front flapPrinted price on the front flap: 25s net→ first issue jacket
2001 (1968)
Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 20 Oct 2026.
Quick answer
- How do I identify a 2001 first edition?
- Check these points. Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 25s net. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
- Who published the 2001 first edition?
- Hutchinson, London, in 1968, in hardback.
What decides the price
- It is the first edition, which is the one collectors want.
- The first printing is told from later ones by 1 point of issue listed below.
- The original dust jacket carries much of the price for a book of this age; its condition matters as much as the book's.
- Condition is graded separately for book and jacket, from Fine down to Poor.
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How to identify this edition
Hutchinson published the first British edition in London in 1968, after the New American Library first edition of 28 June 1968. 224 pages. Black cloth with the title in silver running down the spine. The jacket, designed by Michael Brett, uses stills from the Kubrick film and is priced 25s net; check for clipping. The Arrow paperback followed in October 1968 at 5s. Confirm a first impression on the title page verso and an original 25s jacket.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I identify a 2001 first edition?
Check these points. Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 25s net. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
Who published the 2001 first edition?
Hutchinson, London, in 1968, in hardback.
Where these facts come from
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, Hutchinson 1968 publication record, ISFDB (isfdb.org)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey title record, ISFDB (isfdb.org)
- 2001 A Space Odyssey, Fold the Corner Books via AbeBooks (abebooks.com)
- 2001 A Space Odyssey First UK Edition (1968), rarebooks.ie (rarebooks.ie)
- 2001. A space odyssey, World's End Bookshop (worldsendbookshop.com)
- Clarke 2001 first edition, Lycanthia Rare Books (lycanthiabooks.com)
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 20 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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