NMLP P-002051 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Worm and the Ring

Anthony Burgess · William Heinemann (UK) · 1961

UK Heinemann is the true first (1961). Original first issue was withdrawn and largely pulped for libel; the revised text followed in 1970. The 1961 first issue is the rarity.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-002051 for "The Worm and the Ring" by Anthony Burgess (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-002051, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).