First impression
2011At a glance
Points of issue
- Dust jacket, front flapPrinted price on the front flap: £25.00→ first issue jacket
Hardback
A Song of Ice and Fire no. 5
A Dance With Dragons (2011)
Publisher Harper Voyager
Year 2011
ISBN 9780002247399
Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 20 Oct 2026.
Market value
What decides the price
- It is the first UK edition; the true first was published elsewhere.
- 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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Quick answer
- How do I identify an A Dance With Dragons 2011 hardback?
- Check these points. Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: £25.00. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
- Who published the A Dance With Dragons 2011 hardback?
- Harper Voyager, London, United Kingdom, in 2011, in hardback.
How to identify this edition
The British first is the Harper Voyager hardback of 12 July 2011, published on the same date as the Bantam edition in America. It has 1,016 pages and ISBN 978-0-00-224739-9. The pictorial jacket is by Larry Rostant and carries a printed price of £25.00 on the flap, so a clipped jacket has lost a useful check. Harper Voyager's slipcased hardback of March 2012 (ISBN 978-0-00-745637-6, £40.00), which Wikipedia gives as the UK hardback ISBN, is a later edition and not the first. The paperback divided into two volumes is also later.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I identify an A Dance With Dragons 2011 hardback?
Check these points. Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: £25.00. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
Who published the A Dance With Dragons 2011 hardback?
Harper Voyager, London, United Kingdom, in 2011, in hardback.
Where these facts come from
- A Dance with Dragons (Harper Voyager UK, 2011), ISFDB publication record (isfdb.org)
- A Dance with Dragons (Harper Voyager UK, 2012, slipcase edition), ISFDB publication record (isfdb.org)
- A Dance with Dragons, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- A Dance With Dragons (Voyager, 2011, 9780002247399), Marlowes Books (marlowesbooks.com)
- George R.R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons, First UK Edition 2011, John Atkinson Books (johnatkinsonbooks.co.uk)
- A dance with dragons (HarperVoyager, 2011), British Library catalogue (eld.bl.uk)
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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