NMLP P-042294 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
Colonel Sun
Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis) · Jonathan Cape (London) · 1968
The census claim stands: the UK Jonathan Cape edition of 28 March 1968 is the true first, preceding the first American edition — Harper & Row, New York, May 1968 — by roughly two months. Both are collected, the Cape having clear precedence, and the Harper & Row is properly catalogued as the first American edition. This is the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming's death in 1964.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-042294 for "Colonel Sun" by Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-042294, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).