# Is "Hopscotch" by Julio Cortázar (trans. Gregory Rabassa) a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar (trans. Gregory Rabassa) (Pantheon Books, New York, 1966) is identified by: First English edition; Pantheon Books cloth in dust jacket, 1966, translated by Gregory Rabassa. True first of the work is the Spanish Rayuela (Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1963).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First English edition
- Pantheon Books cloth in dust jacket, 1966, translated by Gregory Rabassa
- Rabassa shared the inaugural U.S. National Book Award for Translation
- for this work
- A true first printing has no later-printing statements on the copyright page
- Publisher imprint reads Pantheon Books, New York
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Julio Cortázar (trans. Gregory Rabassa) |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, New York |
| Year | 1966 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First English edition |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First English edition; Pantheon Books cloth in dust jacket, 1966, translated by Gregory Rabassa. Rabassa shared the inaugural U.S. National Book Award for Translation (1967) for this work. A true first printing has no later-printing statements on the copyright page.

## Is this the true first?
True first of the work is the Spanish Rayuela (Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1963). The 1966 Pantheon is the first English edition and precedes the UK Collins/Harvill (1967).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later Pantheon printings and Avon/paperback reprints are not the cloth first; the UK Harvill is a separate, later first edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Hopscotch* by Julio Cortázar (trans. Gregory Rabassa) a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/hopscotch
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.