NMLP P-019866 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

How the West Was Won

Louis L'Amour · Bantam Books · 1963

The Bantam 1963 paperback is the first US edition, but the true first edition is the 1962 UK hardcover, which precedes it. Describe the Bantam printing as the first US/paperback appearance rather than the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019866 for "How the West Was Won" by Louis L'Amour (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019866, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).