NMLP P-038975 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Kay Nielsen (illus.); Asbjørnsen & Moe tales · Hodder & Stoughton (London) · 1914
The London Hodder & Stoughton issue of 1914 is the true first and precedes the American issue from George H. Doran, New York. Both the Hodder deluxe (500 signed, vellum) and the Hodder trade (dark blue cloth gilt) are collected, the deluxe being the pinnacle. The Doran American issue is undated but carries a 1914 copyright, and dealers actively dispute how early any given Doran copy is: the census claim that the UK precedes Doran is confirmed, but Doran copies should not be assumed to be 1914 printings simply because the copyright page says 1914.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-038975 for "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" by Kay Nielsen (illus.); Asbjørnsen & Moe tales (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-038975, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).