# Is "The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1922) is identified by: First printing has 'Published March, 1922' on the copyright page with the Scribner's seal. True US first, Fitzgerald's second novel.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing has 'Published March, 1922' on the copyright page with the Scribner's seal
- Bound in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine
- First-issue dust jacket carries the illustration by W. E. Hill, whose figures of Anthony and Gloria were drawn to resemble Scott and Zelda
- Far scarcer in the original jacket
- Publisher imprint reads Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York |
| Year | 1922 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing has 'Published March, 1922' on the copyright page with the Scribner's seal |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First printing has 'Published March, 1922' on the copyright page with the Scribner's seal. Bound in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. First-issue dust jacket carries the illustration by W. E. Hill, whose figures of Anthony and Gloria were drawn to resemble Scott and Zelda. Far scarcer in the original jacket.

## Is this the true first?
True US first, Fitzgerald's second novel. The Collins (London) edition is a later first thus.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition. Later printings carry later dates on the copyright page rather than the March 1922 statement.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Beautiful and Damned* by F. Scott Fitzgerald a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-beautiful-and-damned
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.