NMLP P-028873 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Babel-17

Samuel R. Delany · Ace Books, New York · 1966

The true first is the Ace F-388 paperback original; there was no earlier hardcover. The later Gregg Press library hardcover is a first-hardcover issue, not the priority edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-028873 for "Babel-17" by Samuel R. Delany (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-028873, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).