# Is "Earth Is Room Enough" by Isaac Asimov a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Earth Is Room Enough by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, 1957) is identified by: "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. US Doubleday (Garden City) is the true first edition (1957); no earlier printing precedes it.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- "First Edition" stated on the copyright page
- Bound in black cloth boards with blue-stamped lettering on the spine (first-state stamping is sharp and bright, without the ghosting or fading seen on worn copies)
- Issued in a first-issue dust jacket designed by Tony Palladino, with the printed price present on the front flap
- A collection of fifteen stories and two pieces of comic verse
- Publisher imprint reads Doubleday
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Year | 1957 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | "First Edition" stated on the copyright page |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
"First Edition" stated on the copyright page. Bound in black cloth boards with blue-stamped lettering on the spine (first-state stamping is sharp and bright, without the ghosting or fading seen on worn copies). Issued in a first-issue dust jacket designed by Tony Palladino, with the printed price present on the front flap. A collection of fifteen stories and two pieces of comic verse.

## Is this the true first?
US Doubleday (Garden City) is the true first edition (1957); no earlier printing precedes it.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book club editions omit the "First Edition" statement on the copyright page and are bound in gray faux-leather boards with blue titling rather than the black cloth of the trade first; the price-clipped or absent jacket price is not by itself decisive, so rely on the missing statement together with the substituted binding.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Earth Is Room Enough* by Isaac Asimov a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/earth-is-room-enough
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.