# Is "A Dangerous Woman and Other Stories" by James T. Farrell a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of A Dangerous Woman and Other Stories by James T. Farrell (Vanguard Press, 1957) is identified by: First edition, first printing, Vanguard Press, New York, 1957, in dust jacket. US first edition (Vanguard, New York, 1957) is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first printing, Vanguard Press, New York, 1957, in dust jacket
- Octavo (8vo) story collection of approximately 160 pages
- As with Vanguard's practice, the first printing carries the Vanguard Press imprint on the title page and copyright page with no statement of a later printing; the first-issue jacket should retain its printed price on the front flap (present, not clipped, on an unclipped copy)
- Dealer descriptions of confirmed first-edition, first-printing copies record the pictorial jacket over cloth boards
- Publisher imprint reads Vanguard Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | James T. Farrell |
| Publisher | Vanguard Press |
| Year | 1957 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first printing, Vanguard Press, New York, 1957, in dust jacket |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition, first printing, Vanguard Press, New York, 1957, in dust jacket. Octavo (8vo) story collection of approximately 160 pages. As with Vanguard's practice, the first printing carries the Vanguard Press imprint on the title page and copyright page with no statement of a later printing; the first-issue jacket should retain its printed price on the front flap (present, not clipped, on an unclipped copy). Dealer descriptions of confirmed first-edition, first-printing copies record the pictorial jacket over cloth boards.

## Is this the true first?
US first edition (Vanguard, New York, 1957) is the true first. The Signet paperback (S1457) is a later mass-market reprint, not the first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings and the Signet S1457 paperback reprint exist; the 1957 Vanguard octavo hardcover in its unclipped pictorial dust jacket is the true first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *A Dangerous Woman and Other Stories* by James T. Farrell a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/a-dangerous-woman-and-other-stories
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.