NMLP P-010924 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells · Henry Holt (US) / William Heinemann (UK) · 1895

Bibliographically the US Holt edition has priority by about a month and is the true first edition, though the UK Heinemann is the more sought-after and is often (incorrectly) called the first. Both are scarce; the Holt is genuinely the earliest book form.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010924 for "The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010924, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).