NMLP P-044251 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Shrek!

William Steig · Farrar, Straus & Giroux / Michael di Capua Books (New York) · 1990

US Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Michael di Capua Books), New York, 1990 is the true first. Corroborated from the UK side: a UK dealer (John Atkinson Books, ABA/ILAB/PBFA) catalogues the 1990 FSG issue as the US first edition rather than claiming UK precedence. No UK edition preceding the US has been identified; the US edition is the one collected.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044251 for "Shrek!" by William Steig (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044251, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).