This is the open dataset behind NMLP’s first-edition identification reference. Each record documents how to identify a true first edition and first printing of a collectible book — and, deliberately, contains no prices or valuations.
What’s in each record
- title, author, publisher, year
- firstEditionPoints — the points of issue that mark the true first printing
- trueFirstNote — precedence (US vs UK vs other first)
- bceNote — book-club and later-printing tells
- url — the human-readable page (with a markdown twin at
<url>.md)
Download
first-edition-titles.json — the full dataset (6717 records, JSON). Browse the human index at /first-edition/ or its markdown index.
License & citation
Licensed CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution. Suggested citation: New Mexico Literacy Project. NMLP Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue. 3 July 2026. https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/. CC BY 4.0.