NMLP P-044895 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The City and the Pillar
Gore Vidal · E. P. Dutton · 1948
US precedes UK: E. P. Dutton (New York), 1948 is the true first; John Lehmann (London) published the first UK edition in 1949. Both are collected, but the Dutton 1948 is the true first. Note the 1965 Dutton 'The City and the Pillar Revised' is a substantially rewritten text with an altered ending — a 'first thus,' never the first edition.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044895 for "The City and the Pillar" by Gore Vidal (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044895, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).