At Swim-Two-Birds

Longmans, Green & Co. (London), 1939, is the true first and the only appearance under this imprint in the author's lifetime. Pantheon Books (New York) issued the first American edition in 1951, and it is a genuine trap: the Pantheon copyright page states only 'First published 1939' and carries no American date, so it is regularly mistaken for the London first. The Pantheon issue is identified instead by its yellow paper-covered boards lettered in black over a black cloth spine lettered in yellow, with a yellow jacket printed in black. Wikipedia dates the Pantheon reissue to 1950, but the dealer catalogues consulted (Ulysses Rare Books, Second Story Books) and the trade listings date it 1951.