The Viking Press

The Viking Press is identified in the book’s publication record as its first United States publisher, with the initial U.S. edition appearing in 1962. The evidence establishes this bibliographic role but does not provide further details about the press or its relationship to the book’s creation.

Publication Credit

The publication notice states that the book was first published in the United States of America by The Viking Press in 1962. This makes the press the publisher of the work’s first U.S. edition; the notice does not identify it as the original publisher in every territory.

Edition Context

The same publication record separately notes a Viking Compass edition in 1970 and a Penguin Books edition in 1976. Those later entries distinguish subsequent editions from the 1962 first U.S. publication credited to The Viking Press.

Bibliographic Role

The press’s documented significance here is specific: it anchors the book’s U.S. publication history to 1962. The narrative evidence does not assign The Viking Press a role within the story, and the available publication information supports no additional claims about the organization.