# Is "From a View to a Death" by Anthony Powell a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of From a View to a Death by Anthony Powell (Gerald Duckworth, 1933) is identified by: First edition, first impression, Gerald Duckworth & Co., London, October 1933. London: Duckworth, 1933 is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first impression, Gerald Duckworth & Co., London, October 1933
- Powell's third novel, set around the Passenger family's country seat
- Bound in olive cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, octavo, with two leaves of publisher's advertisements at the rear
- The pictorial dust jacket was designed by Misha Black; a first-issue jacket should retain the printed price on the flap
- Publisher imprint reads Gerald Duckworth
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Anthony Powell |
| Publisher | Gerald Duckworth |
| Year | 1933 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first impression, Gerald Duckworth & Co., London, October 1933 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition, first impression, Gerald Duckworth & Co., London, October 1933. Powell's third novel, set around the Passenger family's country seat. Bound in olive cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, octavo, with two leaves of publisher's advertisements at the rear. The pictorial dust jacket was designed by Misha Black; a first-issue jacket should retain the printed price on the flap.

## Is this the true first?
London: Duckworth, 1933 is the true first. The US edition (Vanguard Press, New York, 1934) was retitled Mr. Zouch: Superman by publisher James Henle, after the character Zouch, and follows the UK printing by a year.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
US edition retitled Mr. Zouch: Superman (sometimes styled Mr Zouch, Superman).

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *From a View to a Death* by Anthony Powell a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/from-a-view-to-a-death
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.