The Miernik Dossier

The census claim holds. The true first is Saturday Review Press (New York), 1973 — McCarry's debut novel and the first appearance of Paul Christopher. The imprint was being absorbed by E. P. Dutton at this date, and some copies and catalogue records carry a conjoined Saturday Review Press / E. P. Dutton imprint; both represent the American first. The British first is Hutchinson (London), 1974, a year later; it is collected as the UK first and is identified by Hutchinson's stated practice of printing "First published (Year)" or "First published in Great Britain (Year)" on the copyright page.