NMLP P-033380 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner · Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith (New York) · 1930

The US Cape and Smith 1930 edition is the true first; the UK Chatto and Windus edition of 1935 is later. The first state is distinguished by the dropped/misaligned 'I' on page 11.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033380 for "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033380, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).