# Is "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years" by Rachel Field a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field (The Macmillan Company, 1929) is identified by: First edition published 1929, Macmillan (New York); first printing October 1929. US true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition published 1929, Macmillan (New York); first printing October 1929
- First printing: title-page dated 1929 with no list of later printings on the copyright-page verso
- Bound in full decorated/patterned cloth over boards with a small pictorial paper onlay (label) on the front board; color frontispiece plus additional illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop (about 23 illustrations, including color)
- Original dust jacket mirrors the board design and is scarce
- Publisher imprint reads The Macmillan Company
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Rachel Field |
| Publisher | The Macmillan Company |
| Year | 1929 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | First edition published 1929, Macmillan (New York); first printing October 1929 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition published 1929, Macmillan (New York); first printing October 1929. First printing: title-page dated 1929 with no list of later printings on the copyright-page verso. Bound in full decorated/patterned cloth over boards with a small pictorial paper onlay (label) on the front board; color frontispiece plus additional illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop (about 23 illustrations, including color). Original dust jacket mirrors the board design and is scarce.

## Is this the true first?
US true first. Newbery Medal 1930.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Macmillan later printings add printing-history lines to the copyright page; the book was reprinted twice in December 1929, so a December reprint notice or any later-printing line means it is not the first. Do not confuse with the 1999 'Rachel Field's Hitty' adaptation by Rosemary Wells, a different book.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Hitty, Her First Hundred Years* by Rachel Field a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/hitty-her-first-hundred-years
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.