# Is "The Price" by Arthur Miller a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Price by Arthur Miller (Viking Press, 1968) is identified by: First edition, first printing, Viking Press, New York, 1968. US Viking Press is the true first (1968); the UK Secker & Warburg edition also appeared in 1968.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first printing, Viking Press, New York, 1968
- Bound in quarter black cloth over blue paper-covered boards, with the spine lettered in green, blue, and white and a green topstain to the fore-edge
- Collation runs [10], 3-116, [4] pp
- The first-issue dust jacket carries a design by Mel Williamson; the printed price should be present on the front flap
- Publisher imprint reads Viking Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Arthur Miller |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Year | 1968 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first printing, Viking Press, New York, 1968 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First edition, first printing, Viking Press, New York, 1968. Bound in quarter black cloth over blue paper-covered boards, with the spine lettered in green, blue, and white and a green topstain to the fore-edge. Collation runs [10], 3-116, [4] pp. The first-issue dust jacket carries a design by Mel Williamson; the printed price should be present on the front flap.

## Is this the true first?
US Viking Press is the true first (1968); the UK Secker & Warburg edition also appeared in 1968. The play premiered on Broadway in 1968.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
A book-club issue exists, distinguished by the usual tells: no printed price on the jacket flap and a blindstamp (small blindstamped square) on the rear board.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Price* by Arthur Miller a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-price
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.