# Is "A Voyage to Pagany" by William Carlos Williams a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of A Voyage to Pagany by William Carlos Williams (The Macaulay Company, 1928) is identified by: First edition, first printing, The Macaulay Company, New York, 1928, of Williams's first novel. US Macaulay edition of 1928 is the true first; there is no prior edition and no earlier UK printing.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first printing, The Macaulay Company, New York, 1928, of Williams's first novel
- Bound in light brown (tan) cloth with the titles and decorations lettered to the spine and front board in brown and black, the top edge dyed brown
- 338 pages, octavo
- Issued in a pictorial dust jacket that is scarce; the first-state jacket should retain its printed price
- No later-printing or reset-text points are needed to distinguish the first, which carries the 1928 Macaulay imprint
- Publisher imprint reads The Macaulay Company
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | William Carlos Williams |
| Publisher | The Macaulay Company |
| Year | 1928 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first printing, The Macaulay Company, New York, 1928, of Williams's first… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First edition, first printing, The Macaulay Company, New York, 1928, of Williams's first novel. Bound in light brown (tan) cloth with the titles and decorations lettered to the spine and front board in brown and black, the top edge dyed brown; 338 pages, octavo. Issued in a pictorial dust jacket that is scarce; the first-state jacket should retain its printed price. No later-printing or reset-text points are needed to distinguish the first, which carries the 1928 Macaulay imprint.

## Is this the true first?
US Macaulay edition of 1928 is the true first; there is no prior edition and no earlier UK printing. New Directions later reissued the book in paperback, well after the first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *A Voyage to Pagany* by William Carlos Williams a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/a-voyage-to-pagany
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.