This is not the original copy I bought to play with. That one is a later printing of the 1e. This one is a first printing. Dollar wise this one is much more valuable than the one I bought and have carried with me ever do diligently now for going on 33 years. That being said if I had to grab one and the other would vanish it would be the one I bought. It has a very grainy cover now and marks on most if not all of the pages as well as the ubiquitous name in the front cover but I prize it above almost all other of my rpg books.