NMLP P-007754 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The American Dream

Edward Albee · Coward-McCann · 1961

The US Coward-McCann 1961 edition is the first book appearance. Both the wrappers and the cloth issues appeared in 1961 and their priority is not firmly settled in the trade, so neither should be presented as the sole true first. Later combined Signet and Plume paperbacks (often pairing the play with The Zoo Story) are reprints, not the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-007754 for "The American Dream" by Edward Albee (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-007754, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).