# Is "The Earnshaw Neighborhood" by Erskine Caldwell a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Earnshaw Neighborhood by Erskine Caldwell (World Publishing, 1971) is identified by: First edition, first printing, The World Publishing Company, 1971. US first edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first printing, The World Publishing Company, 1971
- Identified by the stated First Edition or First Printing line on the copyright page per World convention
- Publisher imprint reads World Publishing
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Erskine Caldwell |
| Publisher | World Publishing |
| Year | 1971 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first printing, The World Publishing Company, 1971 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition, first printing, The World Publishing Company, 1971. Identified by the stated First Edition or First Printing line on the copyright page per World convention.

## Is this the true first?
US first edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later reprints and a Signet paperback are not the first. Confirm the stated first-printing line on the World copyright page.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Earnshaw Neighborhood* by Erskine Caldwell a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-earnshaw-neighborhood
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.