# Is "And Both Were Young" by Madeleine L'Engle a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of And Both Were Young by Madeleine L'Engle (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1949) is identified by: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard first, New York, 1949, dated on the title page; first-issue dust jacket bears the original price. US Lothrop, Lee & Shepard first edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Lothrop, Lee & Shepard first, New York, 1949, dated on the title page; first-issue dust jacket bears the original price
- Early YA novel, later revised and reissued
- Publisher imprint reads Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Madeleine L'Engle |
| Publisher | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard |
| Year | 1949 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard first, New York, 1949, dated on the title page; first-issue dust… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard first, New York, 1949, dated on the title page; first-issue dust jacket bears the original price. Early YA novel, later revised and reissued.

## Is this the true first?
US Lothrop, Lee & Shepard first edition. The 1949 text differs from the revised 1983 Delacorte edition, which restored material the original editors had removed.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The 1983 Delacorte edition is a later, altered text, not the first; book-club and reprint copies lack the original 1949 jacket.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *And Both Were Young* by Madeleine L'Engle a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/and-both-were-young
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.