# Is "The Home Place" by Wright Morris a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Home Place by Wright Morris (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948) is identified by: Charles Scribner's Sons first edition, 1948; rust/full cloth; an experimental photo-text book pairing Morris's black-and-white photographs facing each page of narrative; first-issue dust jacket with the original printed flap price. The US Scribner edition is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Charles Scribner's Sons first edition, 1948; rust/full cloth; an experimental photo-text book pairing Morris's black-and-white photographs facing each page of narrative; first-issue dust jacket with the original printed flap price
- The copyright page of the first printing shows the Scribner seal and bears no statement of a later printing
- Publisher imprint reads Charles Scribner's Sons
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Wright Morris |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons |
| Year | 1948 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Charles Scribner's Sons first edition, 1948; rust/full cloth; an experimental photo-text book pairing Morris's black-and-white photographs… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Charles Scribner's Sons first edition, 1948; rust/full cloth; an experimental photo-text book pairing Morris's black-and-white photographs facing each page of narrative; first-issue dust jacket with the original printed flap price. The copyright page of the first printing shows the Scribner seal and bears no statement of a later printing.

## Is this the true first?
The US Scribner edition is the true first. It is the second volume in Morris's photo-text sequence.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Presence of the Scribner seal with no later-printing indication marks the first printing; the absence of the original priced jacket and a blind-stamp can indicate a later or club copy.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Home Place* by Wright Morris a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-home-place
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.