Sailing Alone Around the World

The Century Co., New York, 1900 is the accepted true first: the text was serialized in the American Century Magazine across 1899–1900 before book publication, and the census claim of US precedence is confirmed. A London edition was issued by Sampson Low, Marston; the sources consulted record its existence but do not fix its month, so it is treated as the first English edition following the American issue rather than a rival first. Collectors of the English market should name it as "first English edition (Sampson Low, Marston, London)" and not as the true first.