# Is "Thank You, Mr. Moto" by John P. Marquand a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Thank You, Mr. Moto by John P. Marquand (Little, Brown and Company, 1936) is identified by: True first is the US Little, Brown printing, with the copyright-page statement Published May, 1936 and no later-printing notice. US Little, Brown edition (1936) is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- True first is the US Little, Brown printing, with the copyright-page statement Published May, 1936 and no later-printing notice
- This is the second Mr
- Moto novel
- The first printing is genuinely scarce in a jacket because the trade printing was small
- Publisher imprint reads Little, Brown and Company
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | John P. Marquand |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Year | 1936 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | True first is the US Little, Brown printing, with the copyright-page statement Published May, 1936 and no later-printing notice |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
True first is the US Little, Brown printing, with the copyright-page statement Published May, 1936 and no later-printing notice. This is the second Mr. Moto novel. The first printing is genuinely scarce in a jacket because the trade printing was small.

## Is this the true first?
US Little, Brown edition (1936) is the true first. The first British edition was published by Herbert Jenkins in 1937, not by Robert Hale.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings are reprints; Grosset and Dunlap photoplay-style reprints exist and are not the first edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Thank You, Mr. Moto* by John P. Marquand a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/thank-you-mr-moto
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.