Sex and the City
Sex and the City is Candace Bushnell's collection of her New York Observer columns (1994 to 1996), first published as a book by Atlantic Monthly Press in New York on 12 August 1996. The columns became the basis for the HBO series and later films.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Atlantic Monthly Press, 1996
- First published
- Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 1996
The first edition of Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell was published in New York by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1996. We track 2 editions.
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- Editions recorded
- 53 on Open Library, 32 in English
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Who published the first edition of Sex and the City?
The first edition of Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell was published in New York by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1996.
How many editions of Sex and the City are there?
We track 2 editions of Sex and the City, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- Sex and the City (newspaper column), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Sex and the City editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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