NMLP P-020935 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) · American Publishing Company (Hartford) · 1876

UK (Chatto & Windus, 1876) actually precedes the US by months; the US American Publishing 1876 is the canonical American first. Collectors prize the US first with correct BAL points.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-020935 for "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-020935, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).