NMLP P-015028 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Wapshot Chronicle

John Cheever · Harper & Brothers · 1957

The US Harper & Brothers edition is the true first; the UK Gollancz edition follows. Identify Harper firsts by the alphabetical month/year code on the copyright page rather than by a number line. The first printing is B-G; an early reprint within 1957 shows G-G.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015028 for "The Wapshot Chronicle" by John Cheever (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015028, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).