# Is "Chinese Encounters (with Inge Morath)" by Arthur Miller a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Chinese Encounters (with Inge Morath) by Arthur Miller (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979) is identified by: First edition, first printing by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979. US Farrar, Straus & Giroux is the true first for this photographic title, 1979.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first printing by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979
- Text by Arthur Miller with color and black-and-white photographs by Inge Morath, documenting their 1978 trip to China during the political thaw after Mao's death
- A small quarto (roughly 9 the printed price by 7 the printed price inches), about 252 pages plus a few unnumbered leaves, bound in blue cloth with silver titling to the spine, issued in a photo-illustrated dust jacket that should retain its printed front-flap price
- Their third book collaboration, following In Russia and Chinese Encounters' predecessors
- Publisher imprint reads Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Arthur Miller |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
| Year | 1979 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first printing by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First edition, first printing by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979. Text by Arthur Miller with color and black-and-white photographs by Inge Morath, documenting their 1978 trip to China during the political thaw after Mao's death. A small quarto (roughly 9 the printed price by 7 the printed price inches), about 252 pages plus a few unnumbered leaves, bound in blue cloth with silver titling to the spine, issued in a photo-illustrated dust jacket that should retain its printed front-flap price. Their third book collaboration, following In Russia and Chinese Encounters' predecessors.

## Is this the true first?
US Farrar, Straus & Giroux is the true first for this photographic title, 1979.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition is typically associated with this title.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Chinese Encounters (with Inge Morath)* by Arthur Miller a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/chinese-encounters-with-inge-morath
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.