NMLP P-039067 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

These 13

William Faulkner · Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith (New York) · 1931

Census claim confirmed. The true first is Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York, 1931 — Faulkner's first story collection and the first book appearance of "A Rose for Emily"; eight of the thirteen stories ("Victory", "Ad Astra", "All the Dead Pilots", "Crevasse", "A Justice", "Mistral", "Divorce in Naples", "Carcassonne") appear in print here for the first time. The first UK edition is Chatto & Windus, London, 1933, titled These Thirteen, in dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and a blue-green top edge, reported at 1,500 copies; it is collected as the English first but follows the American issue by two years. Note the title differs by market — These 13 in New York, These Thirteen in London — and catalogue entries mix the two freely.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-039067 for "These 13" by William Faulkner (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-039067, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).