NMLP P-044507 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Augustus

John Williams · The Viking Press · 1972

US Viking (1972) is the true first and precedes the first UK edition, Allen Lane (London, 1973, ISBN 071390545X, Sheila Gill jacket). Augustus shared the 1973 National Book Award for Fiction with John Barth's Chimera; both US and UK issues are collected, with Viking the priority.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044507 for "Augustus" by John Williams (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044507, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).