NMLP P-045475 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Red Cavalry

Isaac Babel · Gosizdat (State Publishing House), Moscow · 1926

Russian true first: Gosizdat, Moscow, 1926 (Konarmiia). The census claim 'US precedes UK' is NOT supported: the London and New York Knopf issues (both 1929) share the identical translation and are regarded as simultaneous, with no established precedence — they are distinguished by the translator name printed (Harland/London vs Helstein/New York), not by priority. The London issue was reportedly printed in smaller numbers.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045475 for "Red Cavalry" by Isaac Babel (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045475, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).