Grendel

TRUE FIRST IS US — census claim confirmed. Alfred A. Knopf (New York, 1971) precedes; André Deutsch (London) issued the first UK edition in 1972 (ISBN 0-233-96342-1), in orange cloth lettered in gilt, retaining Antonucci's frontispiece, chapter-heading drawings and his Grendel's-head jacket design. The Deutsch is collected as the first British edition, not the first. A caution on cataloguing: at least one database record dates the Deutsch to 1971, which conflicts with the imprint and with dealer consensus — verify the title-page and copyright-page year on any 'Deutsch 1971' copy offered as a first.