Bech: A Book

A book-club issue made from the 1970 Knopf setting exists and is routinely misdescribed as a first — copies are openly offered as "the printed pricet Edition 1970 BCE." Club copies produced from a publisher's setting commonly retain the copyright-page statement, so the copyright page alone will not separate them: check the physical book and jacket instead. The standard club tells for the period are a jacket with no price at the front flap (or a printed club code in its place), a blindstamped dot or small square on the rear board, lighter/thinner boards, and a slightly smaller trim than the trade issue.