# Is "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" by Anne Tyler a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler (Alfred A. Knopf, 1982) is identified by: Knopf, New York, 1982. US Knopf 1982 is the true first; the UK Chatto & Windus edition followed.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Knopf, New York, 1982
- The true first states 'FIRST EDITION' on the copyright page with the borzoi colophon; brown cloth backing over cinnamon paper boards, gray top-stain, in the original unclipped illustrated jacket
- A Pulitzer/National Book Award/PEN-Faulkner finalist with many later printings, so confirm the stated 'FIRST EDITION' with no later-printing notice
- Publisher imprint reads Alfred A. Knopf
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Anne Tyler |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year | 1982 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Knopf, New York, 1982 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Knopf, New York, 1982. The true first states 'FIRST EDITION' on the copyright page with the borzoi colophon; brown cloth backing over cinnamon paper boards, gray top-stain, in the original unclipped illustrated jacket. A Pulitzer/National Book Award/PEN-Faulkner finalist with many later printings, so confirm the stated 'FIRST EDITION' with no later-printing notice.

## Is this the true first?
US Knopf 1982 is the true first; the UK Chatto & Windus edition followed.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book-club editions omit the stated 'FIRST EDITION' and the printed jacket price; they may carry a blind-stamped club dot on the rear board.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant* by Anne Tyler a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/dinner-at-the-homesick-restaurant
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.