NMLP P-008543 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway · Charles Scribner's Sons (New York) · 1952

US Scribner's 1952 is the true first. The BOMC edition appeared almost simultaneously and is the single most common confusion.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-008543 for "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-008543, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).