# Is "Dalliance and Undiscovered Country" by Tom Stoppard a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Dalliance and Undiscovered Country by Tom Stoppard (Faber and Faber, 1986) is identified by: Issued in pictorial wrappers as a paperback original; Faber and Faber, London, 1986. UK Faber first, 1986, in pictorial wrappers (a simultaneous cloth-in-jacket issue was also produced).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Issued in pictorial wrappers as a paperback original
- Faber and Faber, London, 1986
- A simultaneous cloth issue in dust wrapper also exists
- Stoppard's versions after Arthur Schnitzler
- Publisher imprint reads Faber and Faber
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Tom Stoppard |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Year | 1986 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Issued in pictorial wrappers as a paperback original |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Issued in pictorial wrappers as a paperback original; Faber and Faber, London, 1986. A simultaneous cloth issue in dust wrapper also exists. Stoppard's versions after Arthur Schnitzler.

## Is this the true first?
UK Faber first, 1986, in pictorial wrappers (a simultaneous cloth-in-jacket issue was also produced).

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Dalliance and Undiscovered Country* by Tom Stoppard a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/dalliance-and-undiscovered-country
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.