# Is "Some Faces in the Crowd" by Budd Schulberg a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Some Faces in the Crowd by Budd Schulberg (Random House, 1953) is identified by: Stated First Printing on the copyright page; story collection of twenty stories, 309 pages, dust jacket designed by Riki Levinson. US Random House first precedes the UK first (The Bodley Head, 1954).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Stated First Printing on the copyright page; story collection of twenty stories, 309 pages, dust jacket designed by Riki Levinson
- Includes 'Your Arkansas Traveler,' later the basis for the film A Face in the Crowd
- Publisher imprint reads Random House
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Budd Schulberg |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Year | 1953 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Stated First Printing on the copyright page; story collection of twenty stories, 309 pages, dust jacket designed by Riki Levinson |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Stated First Printing on the copyright page; story collection of twenty stories, 309 pages, dust jacket designed by Riki Levinson. Includes 'Your Arkansas Traveler,' later the basis for the film A Face in the Crowd.

## Is this the true first?
US Random House first precedes the UK first (The Bodley Head, 1954).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Reprints drop the First Printing statement from the copyright page.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Some Faces in the Crowd* by Budd Schulberg a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/some-faces-in-the-crowd
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.