The Russia House

The census claim stands, but narrowly, and the margin should be stated rather than glossed. Hodder's UK publication is given as 1 June 1989 and Knopf's US publication date as 9 June 1989 (Kirkus) — about a week apart. An early search signal suggesting Knopf published in May 1989 proved to be a conflation with the Kirkus pre-publication review issue of 15 May 1989 and does not reverse precedence. UK precedence is independently corroborated by ABAA dealer cataloguing, which consistently designates the Knopf as the "first American edition." The first American edition (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1989; [xii], 353, [3] pp) is separately and actively collected; both editions are collected.