# Is "Women in Their Beds" by Gina Berriault a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Women in Their Beds by Gina Berriault (Counterpoint, 1996) is identified by: Counterpoint hardcover, Washington 1996 (ISBN 1887178105). The US Counterpoint hardcover (1996) is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Counterpoint hardcover, Washington 1996 (ISBN 1887178105)
- Subtitled New and Selected Stories; thirty-five stories, nine of them new
- First printing has the Counterpoint imprint on the title page and a price on the dust jacket flap
- Verify the first-printing statement and number line on the copyright page
- Publisher imprint reads Counterpoint
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gina Berriault |
| Publisher | Counterpoint |
| Year | 1996 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Counterpoint hardcover, Washington 1996 (ISBN 1887178105) |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Counterpoint hardcover, Washington 1996 (ISBN 1887178105). Subtitled New and Selected Stories; thirty-five stories, nine of them new. First printing has the Counterpoint imprint on the title page and a price on the dust jacket flap. Verify the first-printing statement and number line on the copyright page.

## Is this the true first?
The US Counterpoint hardcover (1996) is the true first. The collection won both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was Berriault's last book.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No prominent book-club issue identified. Confirm the Counterpoint first-printing line on the copyright page.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Women in Their Beds* by Gina Berriault a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/women-in-their-beds
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.