NMLP P-036785 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Casino Royale

Ian Fleming · Jonathan Cape (UK hardcover) · 1953

The UK Jonathan Cape hardcover (1953) is the true first. Separately collected later appearances, none preceding it: the first US hardcover was Macmillan (1954, dark green cloth), and the first US paperback was Popular Library, retitled 'You Asked for It' (1955) — the retitling flags the US paperback reprint.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036785 for "Casino Royale" by Ian Fleming (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036785, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).