NMLP P-035055 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells · William Heinemann (London) · 1896
The Heinemann first edition, published in London on 1 January 1896, precedes the first American edition issued by Stone & Kimball, New York, later the same year under the variant title The Island of Dr. Moreau: A Possibility; the British Heinemann sheets are the true first.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-035055 for "The Island of Doctor Moreau" by H. G. Wells (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035055, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).