NMLP P-043605 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Grimscribe: His Lives and Works

Thomas Ligotti · Robinson Publishing, London (UK, true first); Carroll & Graf, New York (first American edition, same year) · 1991

Both 1991 hardcovers are collected, but the UK Robinson Publishing edition has priority: the American issue's own title-page verso states "First published in Great Britain 1991," and Currey records the Robinson book as the first edition. Month-level publication dates for the two 1991 printings are not published, so the Carroll & Graf book is correctly described as the first American edition, not the first edition. The census claim (Robinson precedes Carroll & Graf) is confirmed.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-043605 for "Grimscribe: His Lives and Works" by Thomas Ligotti (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043605, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).