NMLP P-038398 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran · Alfred A. Knopf, New York · 1923
US original and the true first in every sense. Gibran wrote The Prophet in English, so there is no Arabic or other original-language edition preceding it — his Arabic titles are separate works, not earlier states of this one. The census claim is confirmed. No UK edition precedes or is simultaneous with the Knopf printing in any source located; British issues follow and are first-thus at best. Do not confuse the first printing with the Knopf 'edition de luxe' of 1926, which appeared when the book was already in its eighth printing.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-038398 for "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-038398, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).