NMLP P-032492 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Painted Veil

W. Somerset Maugham · George H. Doran (US) · 1925

US Doran (20 March 1925) precedes the UK Heinemann edition (23 April 1925). The libel-driven place-name was most disruptive to the English edition, which required cancels and a reissue; for the American first, the 'Tching-Yen' reading marks the earlier issue.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032492 for "The Painted Veil" by W. Somerset Maugham (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032492, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).