# Is "Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories" by Gabriel García Márquez a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez (Harper & Row, 1978) is identified by: First US edition, first printing (New York: Harper & Row, 1978), with 'FIRST EDITION' stated on the copyright page and a full number line ending in 1; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. First English collection gathering the novella 'The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother' plus eleven earlier stories, in Rabassa's translation.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First US edition, first printing (New York: Harper & Row, 1978), with 'FIRST EDITION' stated on the copyright page and a full number line ending in 1; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa
- Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering to the spine and an orange topstain; collation [8], 183, [1] pages
- The first-state dust jacket carries the printed price on the front flap (unclipped copies preserve it)
- Publisher imprint reads Harper & Row
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gabriel García Márquez |
| Publisher | Harper & Row |
| Year | 1978 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First US edition, first printing (New York: Harper & Row, 1978), with 'FIRST EDITION'… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First US edition, first printing (New York: Harper & Row, 1978), with 'FIRST EDITION' stated on the copyright page and a full number line ending in 1; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering to the spine and an orange topstain; collation [8], 183, [1] pages. The first-state dust jacket carries the printed price on the front flap (unclipped copies preserve it).

## Is this the true first?
First English collection gathering the novella 'The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother' plus eleven earlier stories, in Rabassa's translation.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The Harper & Row book-club edition reprints the same text but lacks the trade first's points: it typically shows a blind-stamped indent to the rear board and a jacket printed without a flap price. A trade first should retain both the stated 'FIRST EDITION' line and the number line ending in 1.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories* by Gabriel García Márquez a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/innocent-er-ndira-and-other-stories
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.