NMLP P-019710 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The King of Elfland's Daughter

Lord Dunsany · G.P. Putnam's Sons, London (UK first) and G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York (US first) · 1924

The UK Putnam edition takes precedence, led by the May 1924 signed limited edition of 250 copies, then the June trade edition; the New York Putnam edition is the US first, issued in October 1924. A cornerstone of pre-Tolkien fantasy.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019710 for "The King of Elfland's Daughter" by Lord Dunsany (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019710, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).