edition

The definition of an edition is a version of something, or a style in which a book is printed.

(noun)

An example of an edition is the 6th version of an anthology; the 6th edition.
An example of an edition is a bold-faced type version of a novel; the bold-faced type edition.

See edition in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the size, style, or form in which a book is published: a pocket edition
1. the total number of copies of a book or the like printed from the same plates, type, etc. and published at about the same time
2. a single copy of such a printing
any of the versions of a textbook, reference book, etc. that is maintained by periodic revision: the fourth edition of a handbook
the issue of a standard work or of the writings of a well-known author, distinguished by its editor, publisher, etc.: the Skeat edition of Chaucer
any of the various regular issues of a newspaper: the Sunday edition
☆ any set of like items made and offered for sale at one time: a limited edition of commemorative plates

Origin: ME edicion < L editio, a bringing forth, publishing < edere: see editor

See edition in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The entire number of copies of a publication issued at one time or from a single set of type.
b. A single copy from this group.
c. The form in which a publication is issued: a paperback edition of a novel; an annotated edition of Shakespeare.
d. A version of an earlier publication having substantial changes or additions: a newly revised edition of a standard reference work.
All the copies of a specified issue of a newspaper: the morning edition; the Sunday edition.
A broadcast of a radio or television news program: Thursday's edition of the six o'clock news.
a. The entire number of like or identical items issued or produced as a set: a limited edition of early jazz recordings; a signed edition of a group of lithographs.
b. Any of the various or successive forms in which something is offered or presented: this year's edition of fall fashions from Paris.
One that closely resembles an original; a version: The boy was a smaller edition of his father.