The points of issue
Cloth; the 1967 first lacks any 'Enlarged Edition' statement on the title page and copyright page. The dust jacket is priced. Distinguish from the 1992 enlarged edition, which adds a fourth chapter on the Constitution debate and is so identified.
Is this the true first?
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (Cambridge) issued the true first in 1967. Won the Pulitzer Prize for History and the Bancroft Prize in 1968.
Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The 1992 enlarged edition is a separate, expanded issue identified as such; the 1967 first carries no enlarged-edition wording.
Frequently asked questions
Is my copy of The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution a first edition?
Look for these first-edition points: Cloth; the 1967 first lacks any 'Enlarged Edition' statement on the title page and copyright page. The dust jacket is priced. Distinguish from the 1992 enlarged edition, which adds a fourth chapter on the Constitution debate and is so identified.
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. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (Cambridge) issued the true first in 1967. Won the Pulitzer Prize for History and the Bancroft Prize in 1968.
Is the book-club edition the same as the first?
The 1992 enlarged edition is a separate, expanded issue identified as such; the 1967 first carries no enlarged-edition wording.
I have a first edition of The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution — what should I do?
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