# Is "Jimmy the Kid (Dortmunder #3)" by Donald E. Westlake a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Jimmy the Kid (Dortmunder #3) by Donald E. Westlake (M. Evans and Company, 1974) is identified by: Evans and Company, New York, 1974, hardcover. The US M.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- M. Evans and Company, New York, 1974, hardcover
- Third Dortmunder novel; the plot embeds chapters of a fictional Richard Stark Parker novel, Child Heist, which does not exist as a real book
- Publisher imprint reads M. Evans and Company
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Donald E. Westlake |
| Publisher | M. Evans and Company |
| Year | 1974 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | M. Evans and Company, New York, 1974, hardcover |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
M. Evans and Company, New York, 1974, hardcover. Third Dortmunder novel; the plot embeds chapters of a fictional Richard Stark Parker novel, Child Heist, which does not exist as a real book.

## Is this the true first?
The US M. Evans hardcover is the true first edition; the UK Hodder edition followed in 1975.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
A book-club edition exists and can be told by the board stamp and the absence of a printed jacket price.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Jimmy the Kid (Dortmunder #3)* by Donald E. Westlake a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/jimmy-the-kid-dortmunder-3
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.