# Is "Shiloh and Other Stories" by Bobbie Ann Mason a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Shiloh and Other Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason (Harper & Row, 1982) is identified by: Stated 'First Edition' on the copyright page accompanied by a complete number line. US Harper & Row edition is the true first; the UK Chatto & Windus edition followed in 1983.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Stated 'First Edition' on the copyright page accompanied by a complete number line
- Author's first book; sixteen stories; quarter cloth over boards
- Issued in a dust jacket with the price on the front flap
- Won the Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award (PEN/Hemingway Award) for a first work of fiction
- Publisher imprint reads Harper & Row
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Bobbie Ann Mason |
| Publisher | Harper & Row |
| Year | 1982 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Stated 'First Edition' on the copyright page accompanied by a complete number line |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Stated 'First Edition' on the copyright page accompanied by a complete number line. Author's first book; sixteen stories; quarter cloth over boards. Issued in a dust jacket with the price on the front flap. Won the Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award (PEN/Hemingway Award) for a first work of fiction.

## Is this the true first?
US Harper & Row edition is the true first; the UK Chatto & Windus edition followed in 1983.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book club editions lack the stated First Edition line and number line, carry a rear-board blind stamp, and have no price on the jacket flap.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Shiloh and Other Stories* by Bobbie Ann Mason a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/shiloh-and-other-stories
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.