True and False first edition cover, Pantheon Books 1997

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True and False (1997)

David Mamet · Pantheon Books, New York · Updated 20 Oct 2026

Publisher Pantheon Books Year 1997 ISBN 9780679442493

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In short

Quick answer

Who published the True and False first edition?: Pantheon Books, New York, in 1997, in hardback.

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How Pantheon Books marked its first editions

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Up to 1964 Pantheon put no first edition statement on the copyright page. A first printing from these years is the copy with no later-printing notice.
From 1971 the copyright page of a first printing reads "First Edition".
From the late 1980s some first printings add a number line beside the "First Edition" statement, and on a first printing that line includes 1.

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Who published the True and False first edition?

Pantheon Books, New York, in 1997, in hardback.

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