# Is "Remembering Laughter" by Wallace Stegner a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner (Little, Brown, 1937) is identified by: Little, Brown states 'First Edition' on the copyright page (first printing); light blue cloth with gilt-stamped titles; 154 pages; dust jacket present. True first US edition and Stegner's first book; it won the Little, Brown novelette prize.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Little, Brown states 'First Edition' on the copyright page (first printing); light blue cloth with gilt-stamped titles
- 154 pages; dust jacket present
- The jacket notes the story was chosen from 1,340 manuscripts as the winner of the publisher's short-novel (novelette) prize contest
- Publisher imprint reads Little, Brown
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Wallace Stegner |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Year | 1937 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Little, Brown states 'First Edition' on the copyright page (first printing); light blue… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Little, Brown states 'First Edition' on the copyright page (first printing); light blue cloth with gilt-stamped titles; 154 pages; dust jacket present. The jacket notes the story was chosen from 1,340 manuscripts as the winner of the publisher's short-novel (novelette) prize contest.

## Is this the true first?
True first US edition and Stegner's first book; it won the Little, Brown novelette prize. The UK (Heinemann) edition is a separate, later first appearance in Britain.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition of the true first; scarce in jacket.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Remembering Laughter* by Wallace Stegner a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/remembering-laughter
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.