NMLP P-045224 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Room at the Top

John Braine · Eyre & Spottiswoode (London) · 1957

Eyre & Spottiswoode (London) 1957 is the true first and precedes the Houghton Mifflin (Boston) 1957 first American edition; both appeared in 1957 and both are collected, with London holding priority. The US edition is a separate first American (blue-grey boards, spine stamped red, 301 pp.).

Full identification guide for this title →

New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045224 for "Room at the Top" by John Braine (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045224, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).