NMLP P-040192 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell · Pantheon Books / Bollingen Series XVII (New York) · 1949
US only. Pantheon Books, New York, 1949 (Bollingen Series XVII) is the true first. No 1949 British edition appears in any catalogue or dealer database consulted — the earliest UK appearances located are much later paperback lines (Paladin, then Fontana/HarperCollins, 1993) — so there is no UK-first competitor to name. The book was written in English.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-040192 for "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-040192, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).