Audrey Rose

US first: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1975 — the census claim is confirmed by Lorne Bair Rare Books and Rare Book Cellar independently, among others. De Felitta wrote in English and Putnam's is the originating imprint, so there is no original-language question; no UK hardcover preceding or contemporaneous with the Putnam issue was found in the records consulted. The 1977 film (Anthony Hopkins) generates tie-in reprints — any 'now a major motion picture' jacket, and any paperback, is later than the first.