# Is "Stone Soup" by Marcia Brown a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Stone Soup by Marcia Brown (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947) is identified by: First printing carries the Scribner capital 'A' on the copyright page, the firm's standard first-edition point for this era, with a first-state jacket lacking the Caldecott Honor seal and the original price intact to the flap. The US Scribner 1947 edition is the true first; the book was named a 1948 Caldecott Honor.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing carries the Scribner capital 'A' on the copyright page, the firm's standard first-edition point for this era, with a first-state jacket lacking the Caldecott Honor seal and the original price intact to the flap
- Publisher imprint reads Charles Scribner's Sons
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Marcia Brown |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons |
| Year | 1947 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | First printing carries the Scribner capital 'A' on the copyright page, the firm's standard first-edition point for this era, with a… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First printing carries the Scribner capital 'A' on the copyright page, the firm's standard first-edition point for this era, with a first-state jacket lacking the Caldecott Honor seal and the original price intact to the flap.

## Is this the true first?
The US Scribner 1947 edition is the true first; the book was named a 1948 Caldecott Honor. The Scribner 'A' is the definitive dating point for the publisher in this period.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book-club editions lack the Scribner 'A', commonly add the Caldecott seal to the jacket, and carry a blind-stamp to the rear board.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Stone Soup* by Marcia Brown a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/stone-soup
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.