The translation of a book typically involves a new material presentation. Yet, to our knowledge, the physical transformation of sociology primers in relation to their importation in other cultural and linguistics spaces have never received any attention. In this paper, we focus on the physical dimensions of a sociology primer, Invitation to Sociology (Berger, 1963), and on that of some of its versions in English and French. More specifically, we first examine the material aspects of the first published version, and then consider them with regard to the subsequent versions trajectories. Second, we analyze the size and cover of an adapted version for the United Kingdom (Berger, 1966) in relation to the visual tradition of this country publishing industry, before employing the same approach for the different editions of the two French translations (Berger, 1973b, 1977, 2006b, 2014). Two main conclusions emerge from this exploratory study focusing on the materiality of sociology primers and their translations. The material dimension of the first published version had indeed an important effect on the international circulation and translation of this work. Moreover, the material transformations of the British and French versions of Invitation to Sociology also suggest that their respective publishers were aiming at a different readership and assigned a different function to them.