# Is "Love and Money" by Erskine Caldwell a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Love and Money by Erskine Caldwell (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1954) is identified by: First printing, with the Duell, Sloan and Pearce imprint. US edition is the true first; the UK edition followed from Heinemann in 1955.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing, with the Duell, Sloan and Pearce imprint
- By the mid-1950s the firm's books were manufactured and distributed under arrangement with Little, Brown, and first printings carry the publisher's first-edition statement on the copyright page with no later-printing notice
- Publisher imprint reads Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Erskine Caldwell |
| Publisher | Duell, Sloan and Pearce |
| Year | 1954 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing, with the Duell, Sloan and Pearce imprint |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First printing, with the Duell, Sloan and Pearce imprint. By the mid-1950s the firm's books were manufactured and distributed under arrangement with Little, Brown, and first printings carry the publisher's first-edition statement on the copyright page with no later-printing notice.

## Is this the true first?
US edition is the true first; the UK edition followed from Heinemann in 1955.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings are normally indicated on the copyright page; book-club and paperback reprints (including a Signet edition) followed.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Love and Money* by Erskine Caldwell a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/love-and-money
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.