NMLP P-044162 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Joan Aiken · Jonathan Cape (London) · 1962

The UK Cape 1962 edition is the true first — an ABAA firm assembling Aiken "first editions, UK or American according to precedence" places the Cape ahead of the American, and the Doubleday is explicitly catalogued as the first American edition. The first American edition (Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963) is separately collected and is not a mere reprint: it adds six Pat Marriott illustrations new to that edition and carries a dust jacket designed by Edward Gorey. Both editions are collected; the Cape holds priority.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044162 for "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase" by Joan Aiken (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044162, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).