How to Win Friends and Influence People

Date on the bottom of title page matches the 1936 copyright page date. The copyright page has no other dates and no references to additional printings or editions. Boards are red cloth. The front of the dust jacket lacks references to amount of copies printed and has a large photo of the author that shows 3/4 of his face. The back of the dust jacket has a list of the "12 THINGS THIS BOOK WILL DO FOR YOU" and a photo and testimonial from Lowell Thomas with the headline "WHAT I THINK OF DALE CARNEGIE". The back dust jacket flap has the $2.00 price on the bottom, which is typical for Simon and Schuster books in the late 1930's. The text on the front dust jacket flap is identical to that of later printings with two exceptions - there is a reference in the second paragraph that was changed from "Chicago University" to "The University of Chicago", and all paragraphs except for the second were changed to bold face. These flap changes were made at some point in 1937 after the eighth printing.

Only 3,000 copies of the first printing were produced. Photos are courtesy of jdinvestments on Ebay.

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Picture of the 1936 first edition dust jacket for How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Picture of the first edition copyright page for How to Win Friends and Influence People.

The $2.00 price is found on the bottom of the back flap on the first edition of How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Picture of the first edition Simon and Schuster boards for How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Picture of the first edition dust jacket front flap for How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Picture of the first edition title page for How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Picture of the bottom of the first edition copyright page for How to Win Friends and Influence People.

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