# Is "Wealth Against Commonwealth" by Henry Demarest Lloyd a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Wealth Against Commonwealth by Henry Demarest Lloyd (Harper & Brothers, 1894) is identified by: First edition, bound in tan linen cloth with the spine lettered in gilt, collating to 563 pages of text plus ix pages of press notices and reviews bound in at the rear.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, bound in tan linen cloth with the spine lettered in gilt, collating to 563 pages of text plus ix pages of press notices and reviews bound in at the rear
- Developed from Lloyd's earlier journalism into a sustained documentary attack on Standard Oil and other trusts, drawing on court records, legislative testimony, and financial reports rather than personal narrative
- Publisher imprint reads Harper & Brothers
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Henry Demarest Lloyd |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
| Year | 1894 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, bound in tan linen cloth with the spine lettered in gilt, collating to 563 pages of text plus ix pages of press notices and… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition, bound in tan linen cloth with the spine lettered in gilt, collating to 563 pages of text plus ix pages of press notices and reviews bound in at the rear. Developed from Lloyd's earlier journalism into a sustained documentary attack on Standard Oil and other trusts, drawing on court records, legislative testimony, and financial reports rather than personal narrative.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Wealth Against Commonwealth* by Henry Demarest Lloyd a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/wealth-against-commonwealth
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.