NMLP P-045786 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature

William James · Longmans, Green & Co. (New York and London) · 1902

Both the New York and London issues bear the Longmans, Green imprint dated 1902 and are collected together. The census note ("US customarily treated as first") oversimplifies: the London issue is generally reported to have been made up from the American sheets with a cancel (substitute) title leaf and published slightly earlier (c. 9 June 1902), while the earliest American trade notice is 21 June 1902 — so precedence is genuinely contested. The American issue is nonetheless the one carrying the datable "First Edition June, 1902" statement and the documented "Nietsche" point, so it is the issue collectors identify by internal evidence.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045786 for "The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature" by William James (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045786, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).