The points of issue
First edition, first printing, Stein and Day, New York, 1981. Illustrated with thirty black-and-white photographs and facsimile autographs on the endpapers; dust jacket designed by Tim Gaydos. Memoir of Schulberg's Hollywood childhood as the son of a studio mogul.
Is this the true first?
US first edition, Stein and Day, 1981. First UK edition: Souvenir Press, London, 1982.
Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings and the later paperback issue follow the 1981 first.
Frequently asked questions
Is my copy of Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince a first edition?
Look for these first-edition points: First edition, first printing, Stein and Day, New York, 1981. Illustrated with thirty black-and-white photographs and facsimile autographs on the endpapers; dust jacket designed by Tim Gaydos. Memoir of Schulberg's Hollywood childhood as the son of a studio mogul.
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 first edition, Stein and Day, 1981. First UK edition: Souvenir Press, London, 1982.
Is the book-club edition the same as the first?
Later printings and the later paperback issue follow the 1981 first.
I have a first edition of Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince — what should I do?
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