NMLP P-004780 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Single Man

Christopher Isherwood · Simon & Schuster (US) · 1964

Both the US Simon & Schuster and UK Methuen editions were published on October 29, 1964, and sources describe them as simultaneous or near-simultaneous. The US Simon & Schuster edition is the standard American first; firm bibliographic precedence over the UK Methuen edition is not established, so neither can be declared the outright true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-004780 for "A Single Man" by Christopher Isherwood (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004780, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).