# Is "Piñon Country" by Haniel Long a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Piñon Country by Haniel Long (Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1941) is identified by: The true first edition is the 1941 Duell, Sloan & Pearce printing in the American Folkways series edited by Erskine Caldwell, dated 1941 on the title page with no later-printing statement. True first is the 1941 Duell, Sloan & Pearce hardcover in the American Folkways series.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- The true first edition is the 1941 Duell, Sloan & Pearce printing in the American Folkways series edited by Erskine Caldwell, dated 1941 on the title page with no later-printing statement
- It is a green fabric-covered hardback of about 327 pages, the cover stamped with a Southwest scene, and it carries pictorial end-paper maps of the Arizona–New Mexico piñon country at front and rear
- The first should have its printed dust jacket keyed to the American Folkways design; the jacket price should be present on an unclipped example, though jackets are frequently absent on surviving copies
- Publisher imprint reads Duell, Sloan & Pearce
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Haniel Long |
| Publisher | Duell, Sloan & Pearce |
| Year | 1941 |
| True first | American edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | The true first edition is the 1941 Duell, Sloan & Pearce printing in the American Folkways series edited by Erskine Caldwell, dated 1941 on… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
The true first edition is the 1941 Duell, Sloan & Pearce printing in the American Folkways series edited by Erskine Caldwell, dated 1941 on the title page with no later-printing statement. It is a green fabric-covered hardback of about 327 pages, the cover stamped with a Southwest scene, and it carries pictorial end-paper maps of the Arizona–New Mexico piñon country at front and rear. The first should have its printed dust jacket keyed to the American Folkways design; the jacket price should be present on an unclipped example, though jackets are frequently absent on surviving copies.

## Is this the true first?
True first is the 1941 Duell, Sloan & Pearce hardcover in the American Folkways series. Later reprints and re-issues carry the text but are dated after 1941 or add a printing statement.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book-club editions and later printings reprint the text but are not the first edition. Use the 1941 Duell, Sloan & Pearce imprint, the green pictorial cloth, and the end-paper maps to confirm the first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Piñon Country* by Haniel Long a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/pi-on-country
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.