The Tower

UK is the true first and the census claim is correct: London (Macmillan), 14 February 1928, precedes the New York Macmillan edition of 22 May 1928 by over three months. Both are collected — the New York Macmillan 1928 is the American first (its own second impression followed in January 1929) and should be described as such, not as "the" first edition. First-thus trap: the 2004 Scribner "The Tower: A Facsimile Edition" is a modern facsimile reprint, not an edition of issue.