# Is "Crotchet Castle" by Thomas Love Peacock a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Crotchet Castle by Thomas Love Peacock (T. Hookham, 1831) is identified by: First edition (Sadleir 1957), published by T.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition (Sadleir 1957), published by T. Hookham of Old Bond Street in 1831, pp. [i-viii], [1] 2-300, complete with a leaf advertising other works by Peacock bound in ahead of the title leaf
- A recorded typographical point is that page 154 is misnumbered as '54.' The true first edition was issued in the publisher's blue-grey drab paper-covered boards with a printed paper label on the spine and all edges untrimmed; no statement of printing appears on the title page of genuine first editions
- Publisher imprint reads T. Hookham
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas Love Peacock |
| Publisher | T. Hookham |
| Year | 1831 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition (Sadleir 1957), published by T. Hookham of Old Bond Street in 1831, pp. [i-viii], [1] 2-300, complete with a leaf advertising… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition (Sadleir 1957), published by T. Hookham of Old Bond Street in 1831, pp. [i-viii], [1] 2-300, complete with a leaf advertising other works by Peacock bound in ahead of the title leaf. A recorded typographical point is that page 154 is misnumbered as '54.' The true first edition was issued in the publisher's blue-grey drab paper-covered boards with a printed paper label on the spine and all edges untrimmed; no statement of printing appears on the title page of genuine first editions.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Peacock lightly revised the text in 1837 for its republication (together with Headlong Hall, Nightmare Abbey, and Maid Marian) as volume 57 of Bentley's Standard Novels; the 1837 changes are minor and do not affect the first-edition points above.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Crotchet Castle* by Thomas Love Peacock a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/crotchet-castle
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.