# Is "Everything That Moves" by Budd Schulberg a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Everything That Moves by Budd Schulberg (Doubleday & Company, 1980) is identified by: First edition, first printing, Doubleday, Garden City, 1980, with the 'First Edition' statement on the copyright page per Doubleday convention and removed on later printings. US first edition, Doubleday, 1980.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First 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
- Publisher imprint reads Doubleday & Company
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Budd Schulberg |
| Publisher | Doubleday & Company |
| Year | 1980 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first printing, Doubleday, Garden City, 1980, with the 'First Edition' statement on the copyright page per Doubleday… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First 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.

## Is this the true first?
US first edition, Doubleday, 1980. First UK edition: Robson Books, London, 1981.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings omit the 'First Edition' statement on the copyright page.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Everything That Moves* by Budd Schulberg a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/everything-that-moves
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.