# Is "The Man from the Broken Hills" by Louis L'Amour a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Man from the Broken Hills by Louis L'Amour (Bantam Books, 1975) is identified by: Bantam paperback original, 1975; first-printing mass-market edition in pictorial wraps. True first US edition and a paperback original from Bantam (1975); there was no preceding hardcover.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Bantam paperback original, 1975; first-printing mass-market edition in pictorial wraps
- Part of the Talon-and-Chantry saga; the protagonist Milo Talon is half Talon, half Sackett, tying the book to both family cycles
- Publisher imprint reads Bantam Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Louis L'Amour |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
| Year | 1975 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Bantam paperback original, 1975; first-printing mass-market edition in pictorial wraps |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Bantam paperback original, 1975; first-printing mass-market edition in pictorial wraps. Part of the Talon-and-Chantry saga; the protagonist Milo Talon is half Talon, half Sackett, tying the book to both family cycles.

## Is this the true first?
True first US edition and a paperback original from Bantam (1975); there was no preceding hardcover. Precedes all later Bantam reissues.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition applies; the true first is the Bantam paperback original. Later Bantam reprints carry differing cover art and revised pricing on the wraps.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Man from the Broken Hills* by Louis L'Amour a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-man-from-the-broken-hills
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.