The Fall

The original-language French first (Gallimard, 1956) is the true first. In English (O'Brien translation) the UK edition — Hamish Hamilton, London, 1957 — is generally cited as the first English-language edition, later reprints noting 'This translation originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1957'; the first American edition, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, was published 15 June 1957 and follows. Both 1957 English editions are collected; the within-year UK-before-US order is close and rests on the bibliographic 'originally published' record rather than a firmly documented day-level date.