NMLP P-036533 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe · William Heinemann (London) · 1958

The true first is the UK Heinemann 1958 hardcover. It predates the US first edition (McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1959) and the 1962 African Writers Series paperback (AWS No. 1) — a celebrated but separate first-thus, not the true first. Both the UK 1958 hardcover and the US 1959 hardcover are collected; the UK precedes.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036533 for "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036533, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).