The Diary of a Young Girl

The Dutch Het Achterhuis (Contact, Amsterdam, 1947) is the true first of the work. The census note is corrected on English precedence: the Vallentine Mitchell London edition appeared 30 April 1952 and precedes the Doubleday New York edition of 12 June 1952 — they were not simultaneous. Both English editions use the same B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday translation and both are collected: London holds priority as the first edition in English (foreword by Storm Jameson), while the Doubleday first printing is the more sought English issue on account of the Eleanor Roosevelt introduction. Do not treat the Roosevelt introduction as a mark of the first English edition — it is the American issue point only.