NMLP P-034459 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09
The Piazza Tales
Herman Melville · Dix, Edwards & Co. (New York) · 1856
The Dix & Edwards New York printing (May 1856) is the true first edition; copies bearing the 'London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.' imprint on the title page are the same Miller & Holman-printed American sheets reissued under an English title leaf about a month later, in June 1856, not a separately typeset British edition.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-034459 for "The Piazza Tales" by Herman Melville (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034459, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).