NMLP P-037582 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle · McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) · 1905

A famous precedence trap: the US McClure, Phillips edition (February 1905) PRECEDES the UK Newnes edition (7 March 1905) by roughly a month — confirmed by the Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia dates and dealer catalogs citing Green & Gibson. At least one reputable catalog asserts the reverse (UK first); the dated records refute that. Both editions are collected: the McClure, Phillips as the true first, the Newnes as the first English edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037582 for "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037582, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).