# Is "Not Comin' Home to You" by Lawrence Block a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Not Comin' Home to You by Lawrence Block (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974) is identified by: First edition under the pen name Paul Kavanagh. US G.P.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition under the pen name Paul Kavanagh
- First printing with the Putnam imprint on the title page, priced dust jacket, and no later-printing statement
- Publisher imprint reads G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Lawrence Block |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Year | 1974 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition under the pen name Paul Kavanagh |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First edition under the pen name Paul Kavanagh. First printing with the Putnam imprint on the title page, priced dust jacket, and no later-printing statement.

## Is this the true first?
US G.P. Putnam's Sons true first, issued under the byline Paul Kavanagh. Third and last of the Kavanagh novels; loosely based on the Starkweather-Fugate murders.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No significant book-club edition confirmed; verify the trade first by the priced jacket and Putnam title-page imprint.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Not Comin' Home to You* by Lawrence Block a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/not-comin-home-to-you
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.