NMLP P-014904 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Floating Opera
John Barth · Appleton-Century-Crofts · 1956
True first is the 1956 Appleton-Century-Crofts edition, Barth's debut novel. The 1967 Doubleday edition is a revised, restored first thus and is far more common; the 1956 first is genuinely scarce.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014904 for "The Floating Opera" by John Barth (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014904, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).