# Is "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (Chapman & Hall, 1945) is identified by: Chapman & Hall London 1945. The privately printed 1944 issue (c.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Chapman & Hall London 1945
- There was also a small privately-printed 1944 issue of about 50 copies for the author's friends, which technically precedes
- The 1945 trade first is in the standard Chapman & Hall cloth; later Waugh revised the text
- , so the 1945 text is the unrevised first
- Publisher imprint reads Chapman & Hall
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Evelyn Waugh |
| Publisher | Chapman & Hall |
| Year | 1945 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Chapman & Hall London 1945 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Chapman & Hall London 1945. There was also a small privately-printed 1944 issue of about 50 copies for the author's friends, which technically precedes. The 1945 trade first is in the standard Chapman & Hall cloth; later Waugh revised the text (1960), so the 1945 text is the unrevised first.

## Is this the true first?
The privately printed 1944 issue (c. 50 copies) precedes the 1945 trade edition and is the true first; Chapman & Hall 1945 is the first trade/UK edition. Little, Brown Boston 1946 is the first US. The 1960 revised edition is a separate textual state.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
US Little, Brown 1946 and all reprints carry different imprints/dates; the 1960 revised text is distinct. Book club editions lack the 1945 first-issue points.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Brideshead Revisited* by Evelyn Waugh a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/brideshead-revisited
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.