The true first edition carries FIRST EDITION and B-G (February 1957) on copyright page. The book is light blue cloth with black spine and gold letters. The jacket carries a price of $3.50 on the upper front flap, and blurbs by the following authors on the back: Jean Stafford, Francis Steegmuller, and Robert Penn Warren.
The Wapshot Chronicle won the National Book Award.
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