# Is "A Gentleman of France" by Stanley Weyman a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of A Gentleman of France by Stanley Weyman (Longmans, Green & Co., 1893) is identified by: First published in three volumes by Longmans, Green & Co.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First published in three volumes by Longmans, Green & Co. in 1893, Weyman's only novel issued in three-decker form, after serialization in Longman's Magazine (January-December 1893)
- The first edition is bound in red-brown cloth lettered in black, with 24 pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear
- The set is recorded as Sadleir 3307 in Michael Sadleir's standard bibliography of Victorian three-decker fiction, the reference dealers cite to confirm a genuine set
- Publisher imprint reads Longmans, Green & Co.
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Stanley Weyman |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green & Co. |
| Year | 1893 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First published in three volumes by Longmans, Green & Co. in 1893, Weyman's only novel issued in three-decker form, after serialization in… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First published in three volumes by Longmans, Green & Co. in 1893, Weyman's only novel issued in three-decker form, after serialization in Longman's Magazine (January-December 1893). The first edition is bound in red-brown cloth lettered in black, with 24 pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear. The set is recorded as Sadleir 3307 in Michael Sadleir's standard bibliography of Victorian three-decker fiction, the reference dealers cite to confirm a genuine set.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The many single-volume reprints that followed within a few years, once the three-volume format collapsed industry-wide in 1894 (after Mudie's and W. H. Smith cut their purchase terms that June), are not the first edition; only the three-volume 1893 Longmans set qualifies.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *A Gentleman of France* by Stanley Weyman a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/a-gentleman-of-france
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.