NMLP P-013184 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Double Helix

James D. Watson · Atheneum (New York) · 1968

US Atheneum 1968 is the true first, preceding the UK Weidenfeld & Nicolson edition (1968). Watson's controversial memoir; signed copies are sought. Note the earlier suppressed Harvard University Press version was never published, so Atheneum is the first published edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-013184 for "The Double Helix" by James D. Watson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-013184, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).