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First-Edition Identification · Harlan Ellison

Is My Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation a First Edition?

Regency Books, 1961

The points of issue

Regency Books paperback original, catalog number RB 102 (not RB 110), published in Evanston, Illinois. Mainstream-fiction collection of social-commentary stories; cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon, introduction by Frank M. Robinson.

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Is this the true first?

US Regency paperback original is the true first. Revised and expanded hardcover and paperback editions appeared much later.

Telling it from reprints & book-club editions

No book club edition for the true first; original was a mass-market paperback original.

Frequently asked questions

Is my copy of Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation a first edition?

Look for these first-edition points: Regency Books paperback original, catalog number RB 102 (not RB 110), published in Evanston, Illinois. Mainstream-fiction collection of social-commentary stories; cover art by Leo and Diane Dillon, introduction by Frank M. Robinson.

How do I tell the first printing from a later one?

Check the copyright page for the publisher's first-printing convention and confirm the points above. US Regency paperback original is the true first. Revised and expanded hardcover and paperback editions appeared much later.

Is the book-club edition the same as the first?

No book club edition for the true first; original was a mass-market paperback original.

I have a first edition of Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation — what should I do?

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