NMLP P-045349 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Crystal World
J.G. Ballard · Jonathan Cape (London) · 1966
Cape (London) and Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York) are both dated 1966 and are effectively simultaneous per Wikipedia; the UK Cape is conventionally treated as the true first for this British author, and both are collected. Distinguish the UK issue by the Max Ernst 'Eye of Silence' jacket and 'First published 1966' statement.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045349 for "The Crystal World" by J.G. Ballard (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045349, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).