# Is "The Score (Parker #5)" by Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake) a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Score (Parker #5) by Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake) (Pocket Books, 1964) is identified by: Pocket Books paperback original, first printing July 1964 (Pocket Books number 35014), with wraparound cover art by Harry Bennett showing Parker and the crew framed through a truck windshield against a red ground. Paperback original; true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Pocket Books paperback original, first printing July 1964 (Pocket Books number 35014), with wraparound cover art by Harry Bennett showing Parker and the crew framed through a truck windshield against a red ground
- The printed cover price appears on the front cover
- Parker #5, published under the Pocket Books imprint
- Publisher imprint reads Pocket Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake) |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
| Year | 1964 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Pocket Books paperback original, first printing July 1964 (Pocket Books number 35014), with wraparound cover art by Harry Bennett showing… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Pocket Books paperback original, first printing July 1964 (Pocket Books number 35014), with wraparound cover art by Harry Bennett showing Parker and the crew framed through a truck windshield against a red ground. The printed cover price appears on the front cover. Parker #5, published under the Pocket Books imprint.

## Is this the true first?
Paperback original; true first. There was no prior hardcover edition, so the 1964 Pocket Books printing is the first appearance in any form.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Confirm the Pocket Books imprint and number 35014 on the cover and copyright page. Later printings and reissues under other imprints (including the University of Chicago Press reissue) exist and are not the first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Score (Parker #5)* by Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake) a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-score-parker-5
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.