# Is "Edmund Campion" by Evelyn Waugh a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Edmund Campion by Evelyn Waugh (Longmans, Green, 1935) is identified by: First edition, first impression, published by Longmans, Green, London, in 1935. UK Longmans, Green 1935 is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first impression, published by Longmans, Green, London, in 1935
- Waugh's biography of the Elizabethan Jesuit martyr, which won the Hawthornden Prize (awarded 1936)
- Collectors distinguish the first-issue dust wrapper
- Publisher imprint reads Longmans, Green
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Evelyn Waugh |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green |
| Year | 1935 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first impression, published by Longmans, Green, London, in 1935 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition, first impression, published by Longmans, Green, London, in 1935. Waugh's biography of the Elizabethan Jesuit martyr, which won the Hawthornden Prize (awarded 1936). Collectors distinguish the first-issue dust wrapper.

## Is this the true first?
UK Longmans, Green 1935 is the true first. The first American edition appeared in 1946 (Little, Brown, Boston), not in 1935; the record's claim of a US Sheed & Ward 1935 edition is incorrect.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The 1946 American edition carries a new preface and revised text and drops the original 1935 footnotes and bibliography, so it differs substantively from the UK first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Edmund Campion* by Evelyn Waugh a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/edmund-campion
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.