# Is "Warning Hill" by John P. Marquand a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Warning Hill by John P. Marquand (Little, Brown and Company, 1930) is identified by: First printing identified by a 'Published [Month] 1930' statement on the copyright page with no later-printing notice; Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1930. US first edition, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1930.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing identified by a 'Published [Month] 1930' statement on the copyright page with no later-printing notice
- Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1930
- Bound in bright yellow cloth with red and black stamping to the front board and spine, blue top stain, other edges deckled
- First-state dust jacket illustrated by George Annand, with the printed price present on the flap and no later-printing indication
- Collates approximately 304 pages
- Publisher imprint reads Little, Brown and Company
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | John P. Marquand |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Year | 1930 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing identified by a 'Published [Month] 1930' statement on the copyright page with no later-printing notice |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First printing identified by a 'Published [Month] 1930' statement on the copyright page with no later-printing notice; Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1930. Bound in bright yellow cloth with red and black stamping to the front board and spine, blue top stain, other edges deckled. First-state dust jacket illustrated by George Annand, with the printed price present on the flap and no later-printing indication. Collates approximately 304 pages.

## Is this the true first?
US first edition, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1930. This is not Marquand's first novel; it was preceded by The Unspeakable Gentleman (1922) and The Black Cargo (1925), though Warning Hill is an early work and among the first to draw on the stratified New England setting that defined his later fiction.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings are noted on the copyright page. In this period Little, Brown did not yet print the words 'First Edition' (that practice began around 1940), so identification rests on the 'Published [Month, Year]' statement, the absence of a later-printing line, and the first-state Annand jacket with its printed price.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Warning Hill* by John P. Marquand a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/warning-hill
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.