NMLP P-032502 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Summing Up

W. Somerset Maugham · William Heinemann (UK) · 1938

UK Heinemann is the true first; the US Doubleday, Doran edition followed in 1938. Both are dated 1938, so the Heinemann 'First published 1938' verso statement and the Heinemann imprint distinguish the priority issue.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032502 for "The Summing Up" by W. Somerset Maugham (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032502, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).