# Is "It's a Battlefield" by Graham Greene a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of It's a Battlefield by Graham Greene (William Heinemann, 1934) is identified by: First edition, first impression in black cloth with the publisher's device blind-stamped to the lower front board. UK Heinemann is the true first (1934); the US Doubleday Doran edition followed the same year.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first impression in black cloth with the publisher's device blind-stamped to the lower front board
- Dust jacket designed by Youngman Carter and with its printed price Greene extensively revised the text in 1948, so first-impression copies retain the original unrevised text
- Publisher imprint reads William Heinemann
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Graham Greene |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
| Year | 1934 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first impression in black cloth with the publisher's device blind-stamped to the lower front board |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First edition, first impression in black cloth with the publisher's device blind-stamped to the lower front board. Dust jacket designed by Youngman Carter and with its printed price Greene extensively revised the text in 1948, so first-impression copies retain the original unrevised text.

## Is this the true first?
UK Heinemann is the true first (1934); the US Doubleday Doran edition followed the same year.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No notable book-club issue.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *It's a Battlefield* by Graham Greene a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/its-a-battlefield
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.