Budd Schulberg First Editions

• What Makes Sammy Run? — 1941 · Random HouseFirst edition, first printing. Published by Random House, New York, 1941. The first printing IS stated 'First Printing' on the copyright page (title-page verso) for this title. Octavo in two-tone navy and light-blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine and covers, gray top stain; dust jacket with the publisher's price on the flap. Schulberg's first book. US first edition (Random House, New York, 1941). A UK edition was issued by Jarrolds, London, in 1941. First printing is explicitly stated 'First Printing' on the copyright page. A Book-of-the-Month Club edition exists; the BOMC issue lacks the 'First Printing' statement and typically shows a board blind-stamp. A first-state dust jacket carries blurbs by F. Scott Fitzgerald and John O'Hara; a later jacket state adds further blurbs on the rear panel.
• The Harder They Fall — 1947 · Random HouseStated First Printing on the copyright page; the statement is dropped on later printings (Random House of this era did not use number lines). Black cloth lettered in red and white, top edge stained red, dust jacket designed by Louis Glanzman. US Random House first precedes the UK first (The Bodley Head/John Lane, 1948). Book club edition exists, identifiable by a blind-stamped dot or square on the rear board and the absence of the First Printing statement.
• The Disenchanted — 1950 · Random HouseRandom House, New York, 1950, with 'First Printing' stated on the copyright page; blue cloth stamped in gold, 388 pages, in a dust jacket carrying the printed price at the upper flap (present, unclipped price preferred; never state the amount). Roman a clef drawing on F. Scott Fitzgerald. A separate numbered limited issue 'specially made for presentation to the Booksellers of America' also exists (copies numbered…. US Random House first (stated 'First Printing') precedes the UK first (The Bodley Head, 1951). A separate Random House 'First Canadian Printing' also exists and should not be confused with the US first, as does the numbered Booksellers of America presentation issue. Book club edition exists with a blind-stamp (small blind dot/square) on the rear board and no 'First Printing' statement; it is typically on lighter, cheaper boards and lacks a jacket price.
• Some Faces in the Crowd — 1953 · Random HouseStated First Printing on the copyright page; story collection of twenty stories, 309 pages, dust jacket designed by Riki Levinson. Includes 'Your Arkansas Traveler,' later the basis for the film A Face in the Crowd. US Random House first precedes the UK first (The Bodley Head, 1954). Reprints drop the First Printing statement from the copyright page.
• Waterfront — 1955 · Random HouseUS Random House first, 1955; stated First Printing on the copyright page, octavo of 322 pages in beige/tan cloth. Dust jacket designed by Jerome Kuhl, the printed price present on an unclipped first-issue jacket (the laminate on this jacket is prone to deterioration and fading). Novel expanding Schulberg's On the Waterfront screenplay. US Random House first precedes the UK first (The Bodley Head, 1956). Book club edition exists, identifiable by a blind-stamp on the rear board and the absence of the First Printing statement.
• A Face in the Crowd (screenplay/book) — 1957 · Random HouseStated First Printing on the copyright page; the published screenplay subtitled A Play for the Screen, with an introduction by director Elia Kazan, 172 pages, dust jacket illustrated by Bill Hofmann. Based on Schulberg's story 'Your Arkansas Traveler.'. US Random House first; this is the published screen-play text, not a story collection. Reprints drop the First Printing statement from the copyright page.
• Sanctuary V — 1969 · World PublishingWorld Publishing (Cleveland/New York) 1969, stated first printing on the copyright page; black cloth boards with silver lettering to the spine, roughly 415 pages. The first-issue dust jacket should retain its printed price on the front flap (unclipped). Novel of Latin American revolution and political intrigue, narrated by the puppet president of an unnamed post-revolution country. The US World Publishing printing of 1969 is the true first and precedes the UK first, published by W. H. Allen (London) in 1970 in orange cloth with a colour illustrated dust wrapper carrying the author's black-and-white photograph on the rear panel — not Heinemann. Later printings drop the first-printing statement from the copyright page; no separate book-club issue is confirmed from reliable sources.
• The Four Seasons of Success — 1972 · Doubleday & CompanyFirst edition stated 'First Edition' on the copyright page, with the statement removed on later printings, per Doubleday's convention of this era. A collection of Schulberg's reminiscences of six American writers (Sinclair Lewis, William Saroyan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathanael West, Thomas Heggen, and John Steinbeck). US first edition, Doubleday, Garden City, 1972. A revised and expanded version later appeared as Writers in America (Stein and Day, 1983). Reprints omit the 'First Edition' statement on the copyright page.
• Everything That Moves — 1980 · Doubleday & CompanyFirst edition, first printing, Doubleday, Garden City, 1980, with the 'First Edition' statement on the copyright page per Doubleday convention and removed on later printings. A documentary novel on the labor-union and organized-crime nexus. US first edition, Doubleday, 1980. First UK edition: Robson Books, London, 1981. Later printings omit the 'First Edition' statement on the copyright page.
• Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince — 1981 · Stein and DayFirst edition, first printing, Stein and Day, New York, 1981. Illustrated with thirty black-and-white photographs and facsimile autographs on the endpapers; dust jacket designed by Tim Gaydos. Memoir of Schulberg's Hollywood childhood as the son of a studio mogul. US first edition, Stein and Day, 1981. First UK edition: Souvenir Press, London, 1982. Later printings and the later paperback issue follow the 1981 first.

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