# Is "Blow-Up and Other Stories (orig. 'End of the Game and Other Stories')" by Julio Cortázar (trans. Paul Blackburn) a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Blow-Up and Other Stories (orig. 'End of the Game and Other Stories') by Julio Cortázar (trans. Paul Blackburn) (Pantheon Books, New York, 1967) is identified by: Pantheon Books, New York, 1967, cloth in dust jacket (jacket design by Hoot von Zitzewitz), 277 pages, translated by Paul Blackburn. First-thus English selection, drawn from three earlier Spanish collections (Bestiario 1951, Final del juego 1956, Las armas secretas 1959).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition thus
- Pantheon Books, New York, 1967, cloth in dust jacket (jacket design by Hoot von Zitzewitz), 277 pages, translated by Paul Blackburn
- First published under the title 'End of the Game and Other Stories'; later reissues were retitled 'Blow-Up and Other Stories' to capitalize on Antonioni's 1966 film
- The 1967 Pantheon 'End of the Game' issue is the priority English first; the 'Blow-Up' titling is later
- Publisher imprint reads Pantheon Books, New York
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Julio Cortázar (trans. Paul Blackburn) |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, New York |
| Year | 1967 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition thus |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition thus. Pantheon Books, New York, 1967, cloth in dust jacket (jacket design by Hoot von Zitzewitz), 277 pages, translated by Paul Blackburn. First published under the title 'End of the Game and Other Stories'; later reissues were retitled 'Blow-Up and Other Stories' to capitalize on Antonioni's 1966 film. The 1967 Pantheon 'End of the Game' issue is the priority English first; the 'Blow-Up' titling is later.

## Is this the true first?
First-thus English selection, drawn from three earlier Spanish collections (Bestiario 1951, Final del juego 1956, Las armas secretas 1959). The 1967 Pantheon 'End of the Game' title is the priority issue; the 'Blow-Up' titling came after the Antonioni film's notoriety.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later paperback 'Blow-Up' reissues are not the 1967 Pantheon 'End of the Game' first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Blow-Up and Other Stories (orig. 'End of the Game and Other Stories')* by Julio Cortázar (trans. Paul Blackburn) a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/blow-up-and-other-stories-orig-end-of-the-game-and-other-sto
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.