# Is "The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan" by James T. Farrell a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan by James T. Farrell (The Vanguard Press, 1934) is identified by: First printing, The Vanguard Press, New York, 1934, the second volume of the Studs Lonigan trilogy. US first edition; the second of the trilogy, published between Young Lonigan (1932) and Judgment Day (1935).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing, The Vanguard Press, New York, 1934, the second volume of the Studs Lonigan trilogy
- The copyright page carries no later-printing statement; later printings are stated there
- Copies of this Vanguard issue characteristically have the top edge (all edges on some copies) stained a light red by the publisher, a period Vanguard trait, and were issued in publisher's cloth with a dust jacket
- Publisher imprint reads The Vanguard Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | James T. Farrell |
| Publisher | The Vanguard Press |
| Year | 1934 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing, The Vanguard Press, New York, 1934, the second volume of the Studs Lonigan trilogy |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First printing, The Vanguard Press, New York, 1934, the second volume of the Studs Lonigan trilogy. The copyright page carries no later-printing statement; later printings are stated there. Copies of this Vanguard issue characteristically have the top edge (all edges on some copies) stained a light red by the publisher, a period Vanguard trait, and were issued in publisher's cloth with a dust jacket.

## Is this the true first?
US first edition; the second of the trilogy, published between Young Lonigan (1932) and Judgment Day (1935). No prior UK edition; the Vanguard 1934 printing is the genuine first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings are stated on the copyright page. Confirm the first by the absence of any later-printing statement together with the Vanguard 1934 imprint.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan* by James T. Farrell a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-young-manhood-of-studs-lonigan
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.