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Knopf has printed a "First Edition" statement on the copyright page since about 1934, using "First American Edition" where the book had already been published abroad. As with other American trade publishers, a dust jacket with no printed price can point to a book club edition rather than the trade first, though an unpriced jacket alone is not proof. A small blind stamp (an uninked impression) on the back board near the spine marks a book club edition. Where a "First Edition" statement appears with a number line, check that the lowest number is 1: a line starting at 2 can mean the statement was not removed from a later printing.
Read the full guide to Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 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.
We have not yet confirmed the issue points that tell this first impression from later ones. Until we do, compare your copy's title page and copyright page with the publisher, place and year above: any later printing or edition statement means it is not this one.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, in 2023.
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