The Scarf

No contemporary book-club issue is documented. The significant 'first thus' trap is the 1966 Fawcett Gold Medal paperback, for which Bloch revised the text: he switched chapter sequences at the opening, edited out 1946-era references and slang, restored several sequences cut by the original editor, and rewrote the ending. Every edition from 1966 forward therefore carries the revised text; only the Dial 1947 first and the 1948 Avon 'The Scarf of Passion' retitle carry the original text as first published.