NMLP P-027518 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson · Longmans, Green & Co. (London) / Charles Scribner's Sons (New York) · 1886

The US Scribner edition was issued 5 January 1886, four days before the UK Longmans edition of 9 January 1886, so the US is technically the true first by date — a classic precedence point. Both are collected; wrappered copies are far rarer than cloth.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-027518 for "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-027518, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).