NMLP P-045813 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

Michael Collins · Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York) · 1974

The true first is the US Farrar, Straus and Giroux edition of 1974 (Collins's original publisher); a UK edition (W. H. Allen, London) followed and is the secondary edition. Two 'first thus' traps to avoid: the 1998 Adventure Library signed limited reissue (North Salem, NY) and the later anniversary reprints/paperbacks — neither is the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045813 for "Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys" by Michael Collins (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045813, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).