Miss Pym Disposes

UK precedes US, so the census claim's precedence is confirmed — but its year is corrected. The true first is Peter Davies, London, stated 1946 and actually issued May 1947; the first American edition is Macmillan, New York, 1948 (copyright 1947). Both are collected — name both. The stated-1946 / issued-1947 split is the single most useful fact about this book: it is one edition, not two, and neither year alone describes it accurately. The Macmillan "Three by Tey" omnibus (New York, 1954), the R. Bentley (1981) issue reprinted from that omnibus, and Collier Books (1988, c1948) are all reprints and first-thus traps.