The Prince of Mist
The Prince of Mist is Carlos Ruiz Zafón's first novel, a young adult mystery first published in Spanish as El Príncipe de la Niebla by Edebé in Barcelona in 1993, where it won the Edebé prize. Lucia Graves's English translation followed from Little, Brown in New York in 2010.
- Editions tracked
- 3
- First edition
- Edebé, 1993
- First published
- Edebé, Barcelona, 1993
The first edition of The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón was published in Barcelona by Edebé in 1993. We track 3 editions.
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- Editions recorded
- 28 on Open Library, 8 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 10 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of The Prince of Mist?
The first edition of The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón was published in Barcelona by Edebé in 1993.
How many editions of The Prince of Mist are there?
We track 3 editions of The Prince of Mist, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- El príncipe de la niebla, Wikipedia (Spanish) (es.wikipedia.org)
- The Prince of Mist, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Prince of Mist (Little, Brown, 2010), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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