Illuminations, cover of another edition (the Harcourt, Brace & World 1968 cover is not yet photographed)

Cover of another edition of this book. The Harcourt, Brace & World 1968 jacket has not been photographed yet.

[1st ed.] Hardback

Illuminations (1968)

In short

Quick answer

Who published the Illuminations 1968 hardback?
Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, in 1968, in hardback.
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How Harcourt, Brace & World marked its first editions

  • During the Harcourt, Brace & World years (1960 to 1970) the copyright page of a first printing reads "first edition", or "first American edition" for a book that first appeared abroad.
  • Match the imprint to the date, because the Harcourt, Brace & World name covers only 1960 to 1970. Before that the firm was Harcourt, Brace & Company, which put no first-printing statement on its books from 1921 until about 1931. After 1970 it was Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, which used "First Edition" with a letter line such as ABCDE, shortened to BCDE from 1973 to 1983.
  • From about 1931 Harcourt, Brace & Company frequently marked later printings simply by deleting the "First Edition" statement, so a copy from that period lacking the statement may well be a reprint.

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1968

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Who published the Illuminations 1968 hardback?

Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, in 1968, in hardback.