# Is "The White Stag" by Kate Seredy a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The White Stag by Kate Seredy (The Viking Press, 1937) is identified by: First edition 1937, Viking (NY). US true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition 1937, Viking (NY)
- The first printing was published November 1937 and the copyright page carries a single publication statement with no list of later printings
- Author-illustrated by Kate Seredy, with a color frontispiece and black-and-white plates; cloth binding with a blind-stamped stag and color pictorial endpapers
- Publisher imprint reads The Viking Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Kate Seredy |
| Publisher | The Viking Press |
| Year | 1937 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | First edition 1937, Viking (NY) |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First edition 1937, Viking (NY). The first printing was published November 1937 and the copyright page carries a single publication statement with no list of later printings. Author-illustrated by Kate Seredy, with a color frontispiece and black-and-white plates; cloth binding with a blind-stamped stag and color pictorial endpapers.

## Is this the true first?
US true first. Awarded the Newbery Medal in 1938.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Viking later printings list further printings on the copyright page.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The White Stag* by Kate Seredy a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-white-stag
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.