NMLP P-038790 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Gene Wolfe · Charles Scribner's Sons (New York) · 1972
The US Scribner's edition (New York, 1972) is the true first, confirming the census claim. The first UK edition followed from Victor Gollancz (London) in 1973, bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering and issued in a priced jacket; it is collected as the first British edition but does not have precedence.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-038790 for "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" by Gene Wolfe (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-038790, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).