Wide Sargasso Sea

True first is André Deutsch, London, 1966 (first impression October 1966) — the London claim is confirmed. The census date for the American edition is WRONG and is corrected here: the first American edition is W. W. Norton, New York, 1966, NOT 1967. Norton first printings are so stated on the copyright page and carry a jacket with art by Bill Logan; ABAA dealer descriptions consistently date the first American edition 1966. Both are collected — Deutsch London 1966 is the true first, Norton New York 1966 the first American — and because both bear the same year, the imprint rather than the date is what distinguishes them.