Goodnight Mister Tom

UK Kestrel Books, London, 1981 is the true first and precedes the US edition; the census claim is CONFIRMED. The first American edition is Harper & Row, New York, 1982, and it was retitled 'Good Night, Mr. Tom' (ISBN 0060240784) — the differing title styling (three words with a comma and the abbreviation 'Mr.', versus the British 'Goodnight Mister Tom') is the fastest way to tell the two editions apart at a glance. Both are collected, the Kestrel as the true first and the author's debut, the Harper & Row as the first American.