NMLP P-007519 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Adventures of Gordon Pym (The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket)

Edgar Allan Poe · Harper & Brothers (New York) — US; Wiley & Putnam (London) — UK · 1838

US Harper edition (July 1838) is the true first and precedes the London Wiley & Putnam edition (October 1838). The London edition is textually altered, dropping the final diary entry and modifying the preface. Verify by imprint and the presence of the original ending.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-007519 for "Adventures of Gordon Pym (The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket)" by Edgar Allan Poe (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-007519, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).