# Is "England Made Me" by Graham Greene a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of England Made Me by Graham Greene (William Heinemann, 1935) is identified by: First edition, first impression published by William Heinemann in London in 1935, bound in the publisher's red cloth with the title stamped in gilt to the spine, and issued in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Philip Youngman Carter. UK Heinemann is the true first (1935), bound in red cloth.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first impression published by William Heinemann in London in 1935, bound in the publisher's red cloth with the title stamped in gilt to the spine, and issued in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Philip Youngman Carter
- The first-issue jacket carries the printed price on the spine (present, not clipped) and has no publisher's review quotes added to the flaps; the printed price should be present on an unrestored example
- One of Greene's scarcer titles in the jacket
- Publisher imprint reads William Heinemann
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Graham Greene |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
| Year | 1935 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first impression published by William Heinemann in London in 1935, bound in the publisher's red cloth with the title stamped… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First edition, first impression published by William Heinemann in London in 1935, bound in the publisher's red cloth with the title stamped in gilt to the spine, and issued in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Philip Youngman Carter. The first-issue jacket carries the printed price on the spine (present, not clipped) and has no publisher's review quotes added to the flaps; the printed price should be present on an unrestored example. One of Greene's scarcer titles in the jacket.

## Is this the true first?
UK Heinemann is the true first (1935), bound in red cloth. The US Doubleday, Doran edition, also 1935, appeared under the same title England Made Me; some US copies are found in green cloth, which should not be mistaken for the English first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Not retitled at first publication. The Shipwrecked retitling belongs to the later US Viking edition of 1953, not to any 1935 issue.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *England Made Me* by Graham Greene a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/england-made-me
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.