NMLP P-002386 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Sands of Mars

Arthur C. Clarke · Sidgwick and Jackson · 1951

The UK Sidgwick and Jackson edition (1951) is the true first, preceding the US Gnome Press edition (1952) by about a year.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-002386 for "The Sands of Mars" by Arthur C. Clarke (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-002386, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).