Legion

US first: Simon and Schuster, New York, published August 1983 — the sequel to The Exorcist. The census claim is confirmed. The UK first is William Collins Sons, London, also 1983 (black cloth boards, silver lettering to the spine, 250 pp. including the epilogue, ISBN 0002227355); it is collected in its own right but does not precede the US issue. Because both editions are dated 1983, precedence turns on the imprint, not the date — check the title page for Simon and Schuster versus Collins.