NMLP P-034431 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09

Eureka: A Prose Poem

Edgar Allan Poe · Geo. P. Putnam (New York) · 1848

The New York Putnam printing, issued about July 11, 1848, is the true first edition. A London listing under John Chapman's imprint appeared in the Manchester Courier in September 1848, but no copy bearing a separate Chapman imprint has been located, so it likely reflects a distribution arrangement for Putnam-printed sheets rather than an independent London printing.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-034431 for "Eureka: A Prose Poem" by Edgar Allan Poe (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034431, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).