First published in 1920 in London. First American edition: 1922 by George H. Doran Company, New York. Republished in 1945 as First Encounter.

In 1969 a new edition was published by Cornell University Press. It includes several passages that were not in the first edition and a new introduction by John Dos Passos including extracts from his journal. The 1969 version is copyrighted, it can be searched here.