# Is "Miss Mamma Aimee" by Erskine Caldwell a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Miss Mamma Aimee by Erskine Caldwell (New American Library, 1967) is identified by: First edition states first printing on the copyright page. US first edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition states first printing on the copyright page
- Issued in red cloth boards with yellow lettering to the spine and an orange flower device, in a pictorial dust jacket that should retain its printed price and is otherwise a common price-clipped-agnostic point (a clipped jacket does not by itself indicate a later state)
- Dealer copies of confirmed firsts describe the red cloth, yellow spine stamping and orange flower consistently
- Publisher imprint reads New American Library
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Erskine Caldwell |
| Publisher | New American Library |
| Year | 1967 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition states first printing on the copyright page |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition states first printing on the copyright page. Issued in red cloth boards with yellow lettering to the spine and an orange flower device, in a pictorial dust jacket that should retain its printed price and is otherwise a common price-clipped-agnostic point (a clipped jacket does not by itself indicate a later state). Dealer copies of confirmed firsts describe the red cloth, yellow spine stamping and orange flower consistently.

## Is this the true first?
US first edition. A UK edition (Weidenfeld and Nicolson) followed; the New American Library New York printing is the true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later Signet mass-market paperback reprints (series number T3313) exist and are not the first edition. Verify the stated first-printing line on the copyright page and the red cloth hardcover binding rather than pictorial wrappers.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Miss Mamma Aimee* by Erskine Caldwell a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/miss-mamma-aimee
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.