NMLP P-020126 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Westward the Tide

Louis L'Amour · World's Work (UK) · 1950

The 1950 World's Work UK hardcover is the true first edition of L'Amour's first novel, a key and often-overlooked high spot. The 1977 Bantam US paperback is only a first thus.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-020126 for "Westward the Tide" by Louis L'Amour (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-020126, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).