NMLP P-005045 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Great and Secret Show
Clive Barker · Collins (UK) / Harper & Row (US) · 1989
Both the UK Collins and the US Harper & Row editions are dated 1989 and are commonly treated as effectively simultaneous; the original record's confident assertion that the UK clearly precedes is not well supported, so collectors should treat either national first as a true first of its market rather than assuming UK priority.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-005045 for "The Great and Secret Show" by Clive Barker (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-005045, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).