NMLP P-034807 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09
The Adventures of Philip on His Way Through the World
William Makepeace Thackeray · Smith, Elder & Co. (London) · 1862
Bernhard Tauchnitz's Leipzig edition of the same year, in two volumes, was a Continental 'copyright edition' for sale outside Britain and is not a competing first edition; the Smith, Elder & Co. three-volume London printing is the accepted first edition.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-034807 for "The Adventures of Philip on His Way Through the World" by William Makepeace Thackeray (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034807, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).