NMLP P-044518 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Dream Life of Balso Snell

Nathanael West · Contact Editions · 1931

The Paris/New York Contact Editions issue (1931) is the sole true first; there is no separate UK edition and no other printing during West's lifetime. The joint Paris–New York imprint reflects Contact Editions' arrangement; there is no dust jacket beyond the original glassine.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044518 for "The Dream Life of Balso Snell" by Nathanael West (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044518, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).