NMLP P-041094 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Fog

James Herbert · New English Library, London · 1975

The census claim is confirmed: New English Library, London, 1975 is the true first of Herbert's second novel, and no US edition carries precedence. The first American edition was a Signet (New American Library) mass-market paperback, catalogue number W6708; sources consulted disagree on its year (variously given as 1975, 1976 and 1977), but it is a reprint either way and only the NEL hardcover is collected as the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-041094 for "The Fog" by James Herbert (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-041094, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).