NMLP P-034540 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09

The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground

James Fenimore Cooper · Wiley & Halsted (New York) · 1821

The New York edition (Wiley & Halsted, December 22, 1821) is the true first, preceding the first English edition (G. and W. B. Whittaker, London, February 28, 1822) by more than two months; no earlier printing in any other country is recorded.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-034540 for "The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground" by James Fenimore Cooper (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034540, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).