NMLP P-009923 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

George Orwell · Victor Gollancz (UK) · 1936

UK Gollancz (1936) is the true first. Orwell suppressed reprints and a paperback in his lifetime; the first US edition (Harcourt, Brace) did not appear until 1956.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009923 for "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" by George Orwell (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009923, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).