# Is "Rivers West" by Louis L'Amour a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Rivers West by Louis L'Amour (Saturday Review Press / E.P. Dutton, 1975) is identified by: Saturday Review Press/E.P. True first US hardcover, published by Saturday Review Press in association with E.P.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Saturday Review Press/E.P. Dutton hardcover, New York, 1975, 192 pages, stated first edition/first printing; bound in white cloth over green paper-covered boards with green lettering to the spine (a half-cloth binding variant over green boards is also recorded)
- The pictorial dust jacket shows frontiersmen crossing a river on the front panel and a black-and-white photograph of L'Amour on the rear panel; the original printed price should be present on the front flap
- Publisher imprint reads Saturday Review Press / E.P. Dutton
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Louis L'Amour |
| Publisher | Saturday Review Press / E.P. Dutton |
| Year | 1975 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Saturday Review Press/E.P. Dutton hardcover, New York, 1975, 192 pages, stated first edition/first printing; bound in white cloth over… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Saturday Review Press/E.P. Dutton hardcover, New York, 1975, 192 pages, stated first edition/first printing; bound in white cloth over green paper-covered boards with green lettering to the spine (a half-cloth binding variant over green boards is also recorded). The pictorial dust jacket shows frontiersmen crossing a river on the front panel and a black-and-white photograph of L'Amour on the rear panel; the original printed price should be present on the front flap.

## Is this the true first?
True first US hardcover, published by Saturday Review Press in association with E.P. Dutton.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book-club editions of the L'Amour hardcovers exist; confirm the stated first edition and the original jacket price, as club copies lack the printed price and often differ in binding and board weight.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Rivers West* by Louis L'Amour a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/rivers-west
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.