If Beale Street Could Talk

US Dial Press, New York, 1974 is the true first, publication announced for 24 May 1974. Dial also issued a signed limited edition of 250 copies, signed by Baldwin on the rear limitation leaf, bound in publisher's leather lettered in gilt in the original brown paper-covered slipcase — the deluxe issue, likewise collected. The first UK edition, Michael Joseph, London, 1974 (ISBN 0-7181-1126-5), follows the US issue and does not precede. Uncorrected galleys in blue printed wrappers exist, made up from limited-edition sheets with an unsigned limitation page.