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Points of Issue Registry

The machine-readable standard for identifying a true first printing — 209-publishers’ first-edition conventions, decision flows, and notable points, openly licensed for the whole trade.

First-edition identification has lived in dealer memory and scattered forum posts that nobody owns machine-readably. This registry is the open, citable reference: every publisher’s first-printing rule in one versioned, openly-licensed dataset that powers the identifier tool, the number-line decoder, and the title-by-title pages.

points.jsonFull registry (JSON, CC BY 4.0) points.csvSpreadsheet mirror

Publishers covered (30)

Random HouseStated "First Edition" plus a number line containing 1
Alfred A. KnopfStated "First Edition" (1947–present)
Viking Press / Penguin“First Published by Viking in [Year]” statement (1937–present)
Simon & SchusterStated "First Edition" (1952–present)
HarperCollinsStated "First Edition" (1922–present)
Houghton Mifflin“First Printing” statement (pre-1970s)
Charles Scribner's SonsThe Scribner “A” on the copyright page (c.1930–1973)
DoubledayStated "First Edition" on the copyright page (no statement on later printings)
Little, Brown and Company“First Edition” or “First Printing” statement
Farrar, Straus and Giroux“First printed [Year]” / “First published [Year]” statement
W. W. NortonStated "First Edition" plus a number line containing 1
Grove Press / Grove AtlanticStated on the copyright page
G. P. Putnam's Sons“First Impression” plus a number line
Macmillan“First printing” (US, 1936+)
Oxford University PressNo statement before the late 1980s (negative-evidence)
Cambridge University PressEdition statement on title/copyright page
University of New Mexico PressISBN prefix 978-0-8263
Sunstone PressSun-stone petroglyph logo
Museum of New Mexico PressISBN prefix 978-0-89013
Cinco Puntos PressStated “First Edition” (primary method)
Quinto Sol PublicationsImprint “Quinto Sol Publications, Inc.” with a Berkeley, California address
Northland Press / Northland PublishingISBN prefix 0-87358 (all eras)
University of Arizona PressISBN prefix 978-0-8165
University of Oklahoma PressISBN prefix 0-8061
Ancient City PressISBN prefix 0-941270
Clear Light PublishersISBN prefixes 978-0-940666 and 978-1-57416
Red Crane BooksISBN prefix 1-878610
Rio Grande Books / LPD PressISBN prefixes 0-9641542 and 1-936744
West End PressISBN prefixes 0-931122 and 0-9826968
I'm not sure / publisher not listedUniversal first-edition checks that apply to any publisher

Cite this registry

Licensed CC BY 4.0 — reuse it, build on it, cite it. A versioned DOI is being minted; until then cite the URL.

@misc{nmlp_points_2026,
  title  = {NMLP Points-of-Issue Registry},
  author = {Eldred, Josh},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {Version 1.0.0, CC BY 4.0},
  url    = {https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition-points-registry}
}
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