Touchdown! First Edition
For a first edition, first printing of Touchdown! by Amos Alonzo Stagg and Wesley Winans Stout (Longmans, Green, 1927), the first point to check: Copyright page: “First Edition September 1927” stated beneath the Longmans, Green and Co. 1927 copyright, and not followed by a “Reprinted September 1927” line.
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How to identify this edition
These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of Touchdown!.
✓ Copyright page: “First Edition September 1927” stated beneath the Longmans, Green and Co. 1927 copyright, and not followed by a “Reprinted September 1927” line
✓ Binding: maroon ribbed cloth, lettered in black on the front cover
✓ Dust jacket: black-and-white photographic football-action scene, “Touchdown!” at the head
✓ Price: $2.50 on the front flap — the same jacket was used on later printings, so the price alone does not prove a first
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Common questions
- How do I know if my copy of Touchdown! is a first edition, first printing?
- ✓ Copyright page: “First Edition September 1927” stated beneath the Longmans, Green and Co. 1927 copyright, and not followed by a “Reprinted September 1927” line ✓ Binding: maroon ribbed cloth, lettered in black on the front cover ✓ Dust jacket: black-and-white photographic football-action scene, “Touchdown!” at the head ✓ Price: $2.50 on the front flap — the same jacket was used on later printings, so the price… The identification points above show each one.
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- Yes. We value the exact copy from recorded sales and make a firm cash offer, free and with no obligation to sell.
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