# Is "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil" by Hannah Arendt a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt (The Viking Press, 1963) is identified by: Publisher's tan cloth stamped in red and black; copyright page with 1963 first-printing indicia and no later-printing statement; first-state dust jacket priced. US Viking Press (New York), 1963, true first; the UK Faber & Faber edition also appeared in 1963.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Publisher's tan cloth stamped in red and black; copyright page with 1963 first-printing indicia and no later-printing statement; first-state dust jacket priced
- The work was first serialized in The New Yorker
- Publisher imprint reads The Viking Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Hannah Arendt |
| Publisher | The Viking Press |
| Year | 1963 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Publisher's tan cloth stamped in red and black; copyright page with 1963 first-printing indicia and no later-printing statement… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Publisher's tan cloth stamped in red and black; copyright page with 1963 first-printing indicia and no later-printing statement; first-state dust jacket priced. The work was first serialized in The New Yorker.

## Is this the true first?
US Viking Press (New York), 1963, true first; the UK Faber & Faber edition also appeared in 1963. The 1964 revised and enlarged edition, which adds the author's Postscript, is 'first thus.'

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The widely reprinted text is the 1964 revised edition with the added Postscript; the 1963 first lacks that Postscript.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil* by Hannah Arendt a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/eichmann-in-jerusalem-a-report-on-the-banality-of-evil
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.