NMLP P-026645 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Fantastic Mr Fox

Roald Dahl (illus. Donald Chaffin) · George Allen & Unwin · 1970

The 1970 Donald Chaffin-illustrated edition is the genuine first appearance of the text. Precedence between the UK George Allen & Unwin issue and the US Alfred A. Knopf issue (also 1970) is disputed among dealers — they were close to simultaneous, so neither can be flatly asserted as 'the' true first over the other. Later Tony Ross and Quentin Blake illustrated printings are reissues, not the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-026645 for "Fantastic Mr Fox" by Roald Dahl (illus. Donald Chaffin) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-026645, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).