NMLP P-005786 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-04

The Best and the Brightest

David Halberstam · Random House · 1972

The Book-of-the-Month Club edition omits the printed price on the jacket, carries a blindstamp to the rear board, and lacks the 'First Edition' statement. The stated 'First Edition' plus a number line bottoming at 2 and a price-printed jacket identify the trade first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-005786 for "The Best and the Brightest" by David Halberstam (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-005786, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).