# Is "Nevada" by Zane Grey a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Nevada by Zane Grey (Harper & Brothers, 1928) is identified by: First printing carries the Harper code B-C on the copyright-page verso (B = February, C = 1928, i.e. True first is the Harper & Brothers US edition of 1928, identified by the B-C code and the Harper imprint on the title page and copyright verso.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing carries the Harper code B-C on the copyright-page verso (B = February, C = 1928, i.e
- February 1928) together with the words FIRST EDITION. Bound in pictorial cloth boards lettered and stamped in black on front cover and spine, with a frontispiece; the dust jacket illustration and the endpapers were executed by the western artist Stockton Mulford, and a first-issue jacket should retain its printed price
- Roughly 365 pages, often followed by several leaves of publisher's advertisements
- Sequel to Forlorn River; the text was first serialized in The American Magazine
- Publisher imprint reads Harper & Brothers
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Zane Grey |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
| Year | 1928 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing carries the Harper code B-C on the copyright-page verso (B = February, C = 1928, i.e |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First printing carries the Harper code B-C on the copyright-page verso (B = February, C = 1928, i.e. February 1928) together with the words FIRST EDITION. Bound in pictorial cloth boards lettered and stamped in black on front cover and spine, with a frontispiece; the dust jacket illustration and the endpapers were executed by the western artist Stockton Mulford, and a first-issue jacket should retain its printed price. Roughly 365 pages, often followed by several leaves of publisher's advertisements. Sequel to Forlorn River; the text was first serialized in The American Magazine.

## Is this the true first?
True first is the Harper & Brothers US edition of 1928, identified by the B-C code and the Harper imprint on the title page and copyright verso.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Grosset & Dunlap reprinted from Harper plates and copies can carry the FIRST EDITION line for this title; identify the true first by the B-C code and the Harper & Brothers imprint, not by the First Edition statement alone, since the reprint lacks the correct Harper printing code.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Nevada* by Zane Grey a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/nevada
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.