The Pursuit of Love

The Reprint Society (London) issued the title in 1947 — a book-club reprint, not the first, and identifiable by that imprint on the title page. Dealers also record a Hamish Hamilton second impression dated 1946. With roughly 200,000 copies sold in the first year, early reprints are far commoner than first impressions, so the verso statement rather than the 1945 title-page year is what settles a copy.