NMLP P-018264 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Sirens of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut · Houghton Mifflin (hardcover) · 1961

The genuine first edition is the Dell paperback original (1959), which precedes the first hardcover. Collectors of hardcover firsts use the Houghton Mifflin 1961 printing, but it is the first hardcover, not the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-018264 for "The Sirens of Titan" by Kurt Vonnegut (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-018264, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).