# Is "Invincible Louisa" by Cornelia Meigs a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs (Little, Brown & Company, 1933) is identified by: First edition 1933, Little, Brown (Boston). US true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition 1933, Little, Brown (Boston)
- On the Little, Brown convention the first printing carries the 1933 date and a 'Published [month] 1933' statement on the copyright page with no later-printing line; cloth binding
- Beware copies dated to the 1934 printing that followed the Newbery announcement, which are not the true first
- Publisher imprint reads Little, Brown & Company
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Cornelia Meigs |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year | 1933 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | First edition 1933, Little, Brown (Boston) |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition 1933, Little, Brown (Boston). On the Little, Brown convention the first printing carries the 1933 date and a 'Published [month] 1933' statement on the copyright page with no later-printing line; cloth binding. Beware copies dated to the 1934 printing that followed the Newbery announcement, which are not the true first.

## Is this the true first?
US true first. A biography of Louisa May Alcott. Awarded the Newbery Medal in 1934.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Little, Brown later printings add a printing statement or printing line; post-medal reprints differ from the 1933 first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Invincible Louisa* by Cornelia Meigs a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/invincible-louisa
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.