# Is "Mohawk" by Richard Russo a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Mohawk by Richard Russo (Vintage Books, 1986) is identified by: Paperback original in pictorial glossy wraps, issued without dust jacket; wrappers designed by Lorraine Louie with illustration by Rick Lovell; ISBN 0-394-74409-8; First Edition stated on the copyright page. There is no hardcover true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Paperback original in pictorial glossy wraps, issued without dust jacket; wrappers designed by Lorraine Louie with illustration by Rick Lovell
- ISBN 0-394-74409-8
- First Edition stated on the copyright page
- Vintage Contemporaries original, 1986
- Publisher imprint reads Vintage Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Richard Russo |
| Publisher | Vintage Books |
| Year | 1986 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Paperback original in pictorial glossy wraps, issued without dust jacket; wrappers designed by Lorraine Louie with illustration by Rick… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Paperback original in pictorial glossy wraps, issued without dust jacket; wrappers designed by Lorraine Louie with illustration by Rick Lovell; ISBN 0-394-74409-8; First Edition stated on the copyright page. Vintage Contemporaries original, 1986.

## Is this the true first?
There is no hardcover true first. The Vintage Contemporaries paperback original is the true first edition of Russo's debut novel. The first hardcover edition appeared in the UK in 1987; a US hardcover did not appear until 2001.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
As a paperback original, beware later printings: confirm the First Edition line and the intact original wrapper price; reprints carry a number line not ending in 1.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Mohawk* by Richard Russo a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/mohawk
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.