# Is "The Land of Poco Tiempo" by Charles F. Lummis a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Land of Poco Tiempo by Charles F. Lummis (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893) is identified by: First edition bears the Charles Scribner's Sons imprint dated 1893; xii, 310 pages, illustrated from the author's own photographs. US Scribner's 1893 is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition bears the Charles Scribner's Sons imprint dated 1893; xii, 310 pages, illustrated from the author's own photographs
- Bound in brown bead-grain cloth stamped in gold, black, and yellow on the front and spine, with the back board undecorated; no later-printing statement
- Foundational New Mexico travel and Americana classic
- Publisher imprint reads Charles Scribner's Sons
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Charles F. Lummis |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons |
| Year | 1893 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition bears the Charles Scribner's Sons imprint dated 1893; xii, 310 pages, illustrated from the author's own photographs |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition bears the Charles Scribner's Sons imprint dated 1893; xii, 310 pages, illustrated from the author's own photographs. Bound in brown bead-grain cloth stamped in gold, black, and yellow on the front and spine, with the back board undecorated; no later-printing statement. Foundational New Mexico travel and Americana classic.

## Is this the true first?
US Scribner's 1893 is the true first. Later University of New Mexico Press reprints, with new introductions, are 'first thus.'

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Identified by the 1893 Scribner's imprint and original decorated bead-grain cloth. Commonly encountered copies are 20th-century reprints with different imprints and added introductions.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Land of Poco Tiempo* by Charles F. Lummis a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-land-of-poco-tiempo
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.