Identification points are listed only where two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 19 Oct 2026.
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Bound in blue cloth. The copyright page states First Printing, and the jacket shows $5.95 on the front flap. A copy without the First Printing statement is a later printing.
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Check these points. Copyright page: statement reading First Printing. Front jacket flap: price printed as $5.95. Each point is confirmed by at least two independent sources.
Simon & Schuster, New York, in 1961, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 19 October 2026.
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