# Is "Long Remember" by MacKinlay Kantor a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Long Remember by MacKinlay Kantor (Coward-McCann, 1934) is identified by: First edition issued by Coward-McCann, New York, in 1934; Kantor's first Civil War novel, set at Gettysburg, 411 pages, dust jacket art by Will Crawford. US first edition (Coward-McCann, 1934).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition issued by Coward-McCann, New York, in 1934
- Kantor's first Civil War novel, set at Gettysburg, 411 pages, dust jacket art by Will Crawford
- A first is identified by the 1934 imprint with no later-printing notice on the copyright page
- Note that the title was a Literary Guild selection, so a separate book-club issue exists that should not be mistaken for the trade first
- Publisher imprint reads Coward-McCann
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | MacKinlay Kantor |
| Publisher | Coward-McCann |
| Year | 1934 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition issued by Coward-McCann, New York, in 1934 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First edition issued by Coward-McCann, New York, in 1934; Kantor's first Civil War novel, set at Gettysburg, 411 pages, dust jacket art by Will Crawford. A first is identified by the 1934 imprint with no later-printing notice on the copyright page. Note that the title was a Literary Guild selection, so a separate book-club issue exists that should not be mistaken for the trade first.

## Is this the true first?
US first edition (Coward-McCann, 1934). The UK first was published by Selwyn & Blount, London, not Gollancz.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
A Literary Guild book-club edition and a Grosset & Dunlap reprint exist; both are later and distinct from the Coward-McCann trade first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Long Remember* by MacKinlay Kantor a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/long-remember
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.