# Is "The Romance of Rosy Ridge" by MacKinlay Kantor a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Romance of Rosy Ridge by MacKinlay Kantor (Coward-McCann, 1937) is identified by: First edition, first printing issued by Coward-McCann, New York, in 1937; short novel of post-Civil War Missouri, 96 pages, illustrated by Will Crawford, beige cloth-covered boards with brown spine titles. US first edition (Coward-McCann, 1937).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first printing issued by Coward-McCann, New York, in 1937; short novel of post-Civil War Missouri, 96 pages, illustrated by Will Crawford, beige cloth-covered boards with brown spine titles
- A first shows the 1937 imprint with no later-printing notice on the copyright page
- Publisher imprint reads Coward-McCann
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | MacKinlay Kantor |
| Publisher | Coward-McCann |
| Year | 1937 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first printing issued by Coward-McCann, New York, in 1937; short novel of post-Civil War Missouri, 96 pages, illustrated by… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition, first printing issued by Coward-McCann, New York, in 1937; short novel of post-Civil War Missouri, 96 pages, illustrated by Will Crawford, beige cloth-covered boards with brown spine titles. A first shows the 1937 imprint with no later-printing notice on the copyright page.

## Is this the true first?
US first edition (Coward-McCann, 1937).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings exist; confirm the copyright page carries no additional-printing statement.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Romance of Rosy Ridge* by MacKinlay Kantor a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-romance-of-rosy-ridge
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.