NMLP P-036004 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09

White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War

Herman Melville · Richard Bentley (London) · 1850

London (Bentley, published either 23 January or 1 February 1850, sources differ) precedes the New York Harper & Brothers edition of 21 March 1850, giving the English edition bibliographic priority.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036004 for "White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War" by Herman Melville (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036004, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).