# Is "The Age of Jackson" by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Age of Jackson by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Little, Brown, 1945) is identified by: US Little, Brown and Company (Boston) cloth octavo, xiv + 577 pages. US Little, Brown (Boston) true first edition, first printing (September 1945).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US Little, Brown and Company (Boston) cloth octavo, xiv + 577 pages
- The first printing carries the September 1945 first-publication statement on the copyright page and no additional impression line
- Little, Brown added later dated printing statements on subsequent impressions of the same year, so second- and third-printing copies are readily distinguished
- First-state dust jacket designed by Lester M. Peterson, with the printed price retained on the flap (price present, price-clipped copies noted as such)
- Publisher imprint reads Little, Brown
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Year | 1945 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US Little, Brown and Company (Boston) cloth octavo, xiv + 577 pages |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
US Little, Brown and Company (Boston) cloth octavo, xiv + 577 pages. The first printing carries the September 1945 first-publication statement on the copyright page and no additional impression line; Little, Brown added later dated printing statements on subsequent impressions of the same year, so second- and third-printing copies are readily distinguished. First-state dust jacket designed by Lester M. Peterson, with the printed price retained on the flap (price present, price-clipped copies noted as such).

## Is this the true first?
US Little, Brown (Boston) true first edition, first printing (September 1945). Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1946.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later Little, Brown impressions of 1945 add a dated printing statement to the copyright page (second, third and further printings are documented); verify the page shows the September 1945 first publication with no later-impression line.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Age of Jackson* by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-age-of-jackson
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.