# Is "The Cocktail Party" by T.S. Eliot a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot (Faber & Faber, 1950) is identified by: Verse play (A Comedy), issued in cloth with dust jacket; the first-issue text has the misprint "here" for "her" at page 29, line 1 (Gallup A55). Faber (London) precedes the US Harcourt, Brace edition of the same year (1950).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Verse play (A Comedy), issued in cloth with dust jacket; the first-issue text has the misprint "here" for "her" at page 29, line 1 (Gallup A55)
- Note that corrected and uncorrected copies were bound and issued simultaneously, so both count as first edition, first impression; the misprint is a first-issue point, not a requirement
- Publisher imprint reads Faber & Faber
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | T.S. Eliot |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year | 1950 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Verse play (A Comedy), issued in cloth with dust jacket; the first-issue text has the… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Verse play (A Comedy), issued in cloth with dust jacket; the first-issue text has the misprint "here" for "her" at page 29, line 1 (Gallup A55). Note that corrected and uncorrected copies were bound and issued simultaneously, so both count as first edition, first impression; the misprint is a first-issue point, not a requirement.

## Is this the true first?
Faber (London) precedes the US Harcourt, Brace edition of the same year (1950).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition relevant to the true first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Cocktail Party* by T.S. Eliot a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-cocktail-party
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.