# Is "Mr Norris Changes Trains" by Christopher Isherwood a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood (The Hogarth Press, 1935) is identified by: First edition published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1935, in an edition of 1,730 copies, bound in green cloth stamped in black. The Hogarth Press London edition of 1935 is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1935, in an edition of 1,730 copies, bound in green cloth stamped in black
- The UK title is Mr Norris Changes Trains
- Publisher imprint reads The Hogarth Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Christopher Isherwood |
| Publisher | The Hogarth Press |
| Year | 1935 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1935, in an edition of 1,730 copies, bound in green… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1935, in an edition of 1,730 copies, bound in green cloth stamped in black. The UK title is Mr Norris Changes Trains.

## Is this the true first?
The Hogarth Press London edition of 1935 is the true first. The first US edition (William Morrow, 1935) was retitled The Last of Mr. Norris because the American publisher felt readers would not understand the phrase 'changes trains'; it is the same novel under a different title. Verify the title page to distinguish the two issues.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Differing US and UK titles (Mr Norris Changes Trains in the UK; The Last of Mr. Norris in the US).

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Mr Norris Changes Trains* by Christopher Isherwood a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/mr-norris-changes-trains
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.