Huis clos (No Exit)

The French original (Gallimard, Paris, 1945) has precedence over all translations; the census claim is correct on the original. But the census note that the first English-language book appearance is Knopf's 'No Exit and The Flies' (1947) is WRONG — it names the first American edition, not the first English one. The first English-language book appearance is Hamish Hamilton, London, 1946: 'The Flies and In Camera', translated by Stuart Gilbert, in which Huis clos appears under the British title 'In Camera'. Knopf (New York, 1947) followed with the same Gilbert translation as 'No Exit (Huis Clos)... and The Flies'; it is a stated first American edition, and its own copyright page records the prior 1946 Hamish Hamilton British publication — which is how the precedence can be checked in the book itself. Both English editions are collected, so name both: Hamish Hamilton 1946 (London, first in English, as 'In Camera') and Knopf 1947 (New York, first American, as 'No Exit').