# Is "The Women on the Wall" by Wallace Stegner a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Women on the Wall by Wallace Stegner (Houghton Mifflin, 1950) is identified by: First edition identified by the year 1950 printed on the title page, with no later printing date or additional-printing statement present; the date also appears on the list of Houghton Mifflin books by Stegner facing the title page. True first edition of this Stegner story collection; the US Houghton Mifflin edition is the first printing.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition identified by the year 1950 printed on the title page, with no later printing date or additional-printing statement present; the date also appears on the list of Houghton Mifflin books by Stegner facing the title page
- Issued in green cloth boards in the original George Kelly dust jacket
- A collection of stories
- Publisher imprint reads Houghton Mifflin
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Wallace Stegner |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
| Year | 1950 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition identified by the year 1950 printed on the title page, with no later… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First edition identified by the year 1950 printed on the title page, with no later printing date or additional-printing statement present; the date also appears on the list of Houghton Mifflin books by Stegner facing the title page. Issued in green cloth boards in the original George Kelly dust jacket. A collection of stories.

## Is this the true first?
True first edition of this Stegner story collection; the US Houghton Mifflin edition is the first printing.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition concern of note. Houghton Mifflin in 1950 did not use a printed 'First Printing' statement; rely on the title-page date matching with no reprint date.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Women on the Wall* by Wallace Stegner a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-women-on-the-wall
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.