NMLP P-036830 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Drowned World
J.G. Ballard · Berkley Books · 1962
The Berkley Medallion paperback original (US, August 1962) precedes the Gollancz hardcover, whose 1962 imprint masks an actual January 1963 release — so the true first book edition is the American paperback, even though collectors prize the Gollancz as the first hardcover. Both are collected; state which a copy is, and do not read the '1962' on the Gollancz imprint as precedence over the Berkley.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036830 for "The Drowned World" by J.G. Ballard (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036830, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).