Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Unearthed Arcana (Used: Fair)

AD&D 1st Edition Unearthed Arcana, probable first printing, 1985. Complete and usable with binding currently intact. Heavy cover wear and surface loss, with historic water staining along page edges and corners. Printed Gygax signature in preface is not an autograph.

System: AD&D 1st Edition
Author: Gary Gygax
TSR product: 2017
ISBN: 0-88038-084-5
Published: 1985, 128 pages.

Printing

This is a probable first printing. The original TSR logo, barcode arrangement, ISBN, cover, and back-cover design match the Acaeum’s first-print reference images.

The large Gary Gygax signature on the preface is printed as part of the book, not an autograph.

Positives

• Complete through page 128

• Binding and hinges appear to remain attached

• No owner writing visible

• Interior text is clear and usable

• Spine remains readable

• Possible first printing

Detractions

• Heavy surface loss across the bottom of the front cover

• Considerable cover rubbing and edge wear

• Bumped and worn corners

• Water staining along page edges and numerous lower corners

• Discoloration and staining on the endpapers

• Mild page waviness

• Early Unearthed Arcana printings are known for binding failures, so check carefully for individual pages beginning to loosen. Collector guidance generally regards the sixth and later printings as having safer bindings.