# Is "Albert's Bridge and If You're Glad I'll Be Frank (radio plays)" by Tom Stoppard a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Albert's Bridge and If You're Glad I'll Be Frank (radio plays) by Tom Stoppard (Faber and Faber, 1969) is identified by: Faber and Faber, London, 1969. UK Faber first, 1969, issued simultaneously in hardback and wrappers.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Faber and Faber, London, 1969
- Two plays for radio, 64 pages
- Issued in both a casebound hardback (black boards, dust jacket) and in printed wrappers with French folds; the casebound issue is notably scarce
- Publisher imprint reads Faber and Faber
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Tom Stoppard |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Year | 1969 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Faber and Faber, London, 1969 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Faber and Faber, London, 1969. Two plays for radio, 64 pages. Issued in both a casebound hardback (black boards, dust jacket) and in printed wrappers with French folds; the casebound issue is notably scarce.

## Is this the true first?
UK Faber first, 1969, issued simultaneously in hardback and wrappers.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Albert's Bridge and If You're Glad I'll Be Frank (radio plays)* by Tom Stoppard a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/alberts-bridge-and-if-youre-glad-ill-be-frank-radio-plays
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.