First impression
1926At a glance
Points of issue
- page 181"stopped" misprinted as "stoppped"→ first issue
- jacket front panelearlier book named as "In Our Times" instead of "In Our Time"→ first issue jacket
The Sun Also RisesScribner
First edition
Hardback
The Sun Also Rises (1926)
Publisher Scribner
Year 1926
Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 10 Nov 2026.
Market value
What decides the price
- It is the first edition, which is the one collectors want.
- The first printing is told from later ones by 2 points of issue listed below.
- The original dust jacket carries much of the price for a book of this age; its condition matters as much as the book's.
- Condition is graded separately for book and jacket, from Fine down to Poor.
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Quick answer
| Published | Scribner, New York, 1926 |
|---|---|
| Spot it | Page 181: "stopped" misprinted as "stoppped" |
| Also check | Jacket front panel: earlier book named as "In Our Times" instead of "In Our Time" |
| Binding | Hardback |
- How do I identify a The Sun Also Rises first edition?
- Check these points. Page 181: "stopped" misprinted as "stoppped". Jacket front panel: earlier book named as "In Our Times" instead of "In Our Time". Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
- Who published The Sun Also Rises first edition?
- Scribner, New York, in 1926, in hardback.
How to identify this edition
Black cloth with printed paper labels on the front board and spine. The first issue misspells a word on page 181 (see points); copies with the spelling corrected are later issues. The pictorial jacket, printed in black and gold, wrongly gives Hemingway's earlier book as "In Our Times" on the front panel in its first issue. Bibliography: Hanneman A6a.
How Scribner marked its first editions
- Before 1930 Scribner had no dependable first edition mark, though later printings were usually noted in the front matter, so a copy with no reprint note is likely, not certainly, a first.
- From 1930 a first printing carries a capital "A" on the copyright page, and the "A" is taken off for later printings.
- Modern Scribner first printings use a number row containing 1: Stephen King's Scribner firsts from 1998 onwards show 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.
- Where a number row appears on the copyright page, the lowest figure is the printing, whatever order the figures run in (1 2 3 4 5, 1 3 5 4 2 or 5 4 3 2 1), so a row that still includes 1 normally means a first printing.
- Book-of-the-Month Club copies are usually the same size and quality as the trade edition, so size is no guide. Look instead for a jacket with no price on the front flap and a small blind stamp (a dot, circle or square) low on the rear board. BOMC printed prices on some jackets in the 1970s, but those copies still carry the blind stamp.
- A rear-board mark is not always a club sign: a few very large printings were shared between printing plants, each of which embossed its own mark.
Read the full guide to Scribner first editions, decade by decade, and check your copy's copyright page against it. Our number line decoder reads the printing from the row of numbers.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I identify a The Sun Also Rises first edition?
Check these points. Page 181: "stopped" misprinted as "stoppped". Jacket front panel: earlier book named as "In Our Times" instead of "In Our Time". Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
Who published The Sun Also Rises first edition?
Scribner, New York, in 1926, in hardback.
Where these facts come from
- The Sun Also Rises, Bauman Rare Books (baumanrarebooks.com)
- The Sun Also Rises, Christie's, Exceptional Literature Collection of Theodore B. Baum Part Two (onlineonly.christies.com.cn)
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 10 November 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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