Homer Price

US-only true first — The Viking Press, New York, 1943. McCloskey was an American author published by Viking; no British or foreign-language edition precedes it. The UK has only later issues, notably the Puffin paperback (1982) and the Puffin Modern Classics reissue (2005), both firsts thus and not collected as the first edition. Homer Price completes the McCloskey run alongside Make Way for Ducklings (Viking, New York, 1941) and Blueberries for Sal (Viking, New York, 1948) — all three have Viking, New York firsts.