The Wapshot Chronicle

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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Picture of the 1957 first edition dust jacket for The Wapshot Chronicle.

Picture of the first edition copyright page for The Wapshot Chronicle.

Picture of dust jacket where original $3.50 price is found for The Wapshot Chronicle.

The back of the dust jacket carries only three blurbs - by Jean Stafford, Francis Steegmuller, and Robert Penn Warren. Later issue dust jackets have more blurbs.

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