Publishing History
Dhalgren was officially published in January, 1975 (with copies available on bookshelves as early as the first week in December, 1974), as a paperback original (a Frederik Pohl selection) by Bantam Books. The Bantam edition went through 19 printings, selling slightly more than a million copies.
A hardcover edition was published by Gregg Press (1977). After the Bantam edition went out of print the book was republished by Grafton (1992), Wesleyan University Press / University Press of New England (1996), and Vintage Books, an imprint of Random House (2001), the latter two with an introduction by William Gibson. The Vintage edition is currently (Sept. 2007) in its 7th printing.
- 1975, USA, Bantam Books (ISBN 0-552-68554-2), Pub date ? January 1975, paperback (First edition)
- 1977, USA, Gregg Press (ISBN 0-8398-2396-7), Pub date ? June 1977, hardcover
- 1982, USA, Bantam Books (ISBN 0-553-25391-3), Pub date ? December 1982, paperback
- 1992, UK, Grafton Press (ISBN 0-586-21419-4), Pub date ? ? 1992, paperback
- 1996, USA, Wesleyan University Press (University Press of New England) (ISBN 0-8195-6299-8), Pub date ? ? 1996, paperback and limited edition slip-case hardcover edition of 300 signed and numbered copies.
- 2001, USA, Vintage Books (ISBN ), Pub date 15 May 2001, paperback
- 2002, USA, Vintage Books (ISBN 0-375-70668-2), Pub date 1 February 2002, paperback
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