The Iron Man

No book-club issue is documented in the sources consulted. Later Faber impressions retain the 1968 first-publication line and add an impression statement — that added line is the tell. Beware 'first thus' offerings of the later Faber reissue illustrated by Andrew Davidson and the 2010 Walker Books/Faber edition illustrated by Laura Carlin; these are new illustrated editions, not first printings. Note a live source conflict: the Ted Hughes Society page credits Andrew Davidson as illustrator of the 1968 first, which is contradicted by dealer and reference descriptions crediting George Adamson.