# Is "Arthur Miller's Collected Plays" by Arthur Miller a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Arthur Miller's Collected Plays by Arthur Miller (Viking Press, 1957) is identified by: The Viking Press, New York, 1957. US Viking 1957 is the true first and the first appearance of the important Introduction.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- The Viking Press, New York, 1957
- Cloth boards with dust jacket
- Collects All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A Memory of Two Mondays, and A View from the Bridge, and carries the first appearance of Miller's substantial critical Introduction (about fifty pages)
- Publisher imprint reads Viking Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Arthur Miller |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Year | 1957 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | The Viking Press, New York, 1957 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
The Viking Press, New York, 1957. Cloth boards with dust jacket. Collects All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A Memory of Two Mondays, and A View from the Bridge, and carries the first appearance of Miller's substantial critical Introduction (about fifty pages).

## Is this the true first?
US Viking 1957 is the true first and the first appearance of the important Introduction. A UK Cresset Press edition followed in 1958.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No early book club edition for the Introduction's first appearance.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Arthur Miller's Collected Plays* by Arthur Miller a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/arthur-millers-collected-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.