NMLP P-034465 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
Herman Melville · Dix, Edwards & Co. (New York) · 1857
The New York printing (Dix, Edwards & Co., April 1, 1857) and the London printing (Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, a separate setting issued within days in early April 1857) appeared almost simultaneously; the American printing described here, catalogued as BAL 13670, is what collectors and booksellers generally treat as 'the first edition.'
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-034465 for "The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade" by Herman Melville (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034465, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).