# Is "The Mount" by Carol Emshwiller a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Mount by Carol Emshwiller (Small Beer Press, 2002) is identified by: US Small Beer Press (Northampton, Massachusetts) trade-paperback original, August 2002, ISBN 1-931520-03-8; 242 pages. The US Small Beer Press August 2002 edition is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US Small Beer Press (Northampton, Massachusetts) trade-paperback original, August 2002, ISBN 1-931520-03-8
- 242 pages
- First printing; a second printing followed in September 2002, so a first-printing copy should show no later-printing statement
- Small-press item
- Publisher imprint reads Small Beer Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Carol Emshwiller |
| Publisher | Small Beer Press |
| Year | 2002 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US Small Beer Press (Northampton, Massachusetts) trade-paperback original, August 2002, ISBN 1-931520-03-8 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
US Small Beer Press (Northampton, Massachusetts) trade-paperback original, August 2002, ISBN 1-931520-03-8; 242 pages. First printing; a second printing followed in September 2002, so a first-printing copy should show no later-printing statement. Small-press item.

## Is this the true first?
The US Small Beer Press August 2002 edition is the true first. Won the Philip K. Dick Award and was a Nebula finalist; one of the earliest Small Beer titles to take a major award. Scarce small-press title.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition. The rapid September 2002 second printing and any later reissues are reprints, distinguished by their printing statements; the August 2002 first printing is the collectible state.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Mount* by Carol Emshwiller a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-mount
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.