NMLP P-045310 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Tarka the Otter

Henry Williamson · Privately printed at the Chiswick Press (London) · 1927

Precedence is entirely within the UK: the privately printed 100-copy vellum limited (August 1927) is the true first; the Putnam, London trade edition (October 1927) is the first ordinary edition and the copy most collectors mean by 'first.' The first US edition is E.P. Dutton, New York (February 1928).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045310 for "Tarka the Otter" by Henry Williamson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045310, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).