NMLP P-013355 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757

James Fenimore Cooper · Carey & Lea (Philadelphia) — US; John Miller (London) — UK · 1826

US first is the 2-volume Carey & Lea, Philadelphia, 1826, in boards. The London editions (John Miller, 3 vols.) are near-simultaneous; precedence is debated, but the Philadelphia Carey & Lea in boards is taken as the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-013355 for "The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757" by James Fenimore Cooper (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-013355, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).