Berlin Game

The UK edition is the true first: Hutchinson, London, 13 October 1983 — the opening volume of the Game, Set & Match trilogy, followed by Mexico Set (Hutchinson, 22 October 1984) and London Match (1985). The first American edition is Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 5 January 1984 (ISBN 0394534077), self-identifying by Knopf's stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. The Hutchinson edition precedes by roughly three months, so a 1984 Knopf copy is a first American edition, not the first. The census claim is confirmed on both publisher and precedence.