The true first edition carries FIRST EDITION and B-G (February 1957) on copyright page. The book is light green cloth with yellow and red lettering on a black spine. 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. |
 | Picture of the first edition Harper & Brothers boards for The Wapshot Chronicle. |
 | Picture of the back dust jacket flap for The Wapshot Chronicle. |
 | Picture of the title page for The Wapshot Chronicle. |
 | The dust jacket on the left is from a first edition of The Wapshot Chronicle. Notice the three reviews by Jean Stafford, Francis Steegmuller, and Robert Penn Warren. The dust jacket on the right is from a latter printing. Notice the additional reviews by Saul Bellow and Malcolm Cowley. |
 | Here are two first editions of The Wapshot Chronicle. One has top stain, and the other does not. There is no established priority for this variation. |
