Butcher's Crossing

CENSUS CLAIM CORRECTED. The census asserted the US Macmillan 1960 is 'the only first that matters'; this overlooks a genuine British edition. Victor Gollancz, London, published Butcher's Crossing in 1960 as the first English edition, and it is separately collected. Both should be named: Macmillan (New York, 1960) is the accepted true first; Gollancz (London, 1960) is the first English edition. Month-level precedence between the two same-year editions could not be established from the sources consulted, so the US priority should be stated as the accepted convention rather than as a documented date precedence. The 2007 NYRB Classics reissue is 'first thus' only and carries no first-edition standing, as the census correctly noted.