# Is "Triton" by Samuel R. Delany a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Triton by Samuel R. Delany (Bantam Books, 1976) is identified by: Bantam mass-market paperback original, catalog number Y2567 on the cover, published February 1976; first printing stated on the copyright page. US Bantam paperback original (1976) is the true first; reissued as 'Trouble on Triton' by Wesleyan University Press in 1996.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Bantam mass-market paperback original, catalog number Y2567 on the cover, published February 1976; first printing stated on the copyright page
- Pictorial wrappers with cover art by Mitchell Hooks
- First-printing tell: the title on the 1976 issue is printed in a metallic ink, which the later 1979 reprint drops
- Publisher imprint reads Bantam Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Samuel R. Delany |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
| Year | 1976 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Bantam mass-market paperback original, catalog number Y2567 on the cover, published February 1976; first printing stated on the copyright… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Bantam mass-market paperback original, catalog number Y2567 on the cover, published February 1976; first printing stated on the copyright page. Pictorial wrappers with cover art by Mitchell Hooks. First-printing tell: the title on the 1976 issue is printed in a metallic ink, which the later 1979 reprint drops.

## Is this the true first?
US Bantam paperback original (1976) is the true first; reissued as 'Trouble on Triton' by Wesleyan University Press in 1996.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
None. The 1979 Bantam reprint is distinguished from the 1976 first by the loss of the metallic-ink title on the wrapper.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Triton* by Samuel R. Delany a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/triton
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.