The Pursuit of Love

True first is Hamish Hamilton, London, 1945 — the census claim is confirmed. The first American edition is Random House, New York, 1946 (copyright 1945), in a dust jacket illustrated by Albert Jousset; it was the first Mitford title published in America and is collected in its own right, but it follows the London edition. Both are collected: Hamish Hamilton 1945 is the true first, Random House 1946 the first American. The 1945 copyright date on the Random House edition does not give it precedence.