NMLP P-045611 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Civil War: A Narrative (Vol. 1, Fort Sumter to Perryville)
Shelby Foote · Random House (New York) · 1958
US-only true first: Random House, New York — Vol. 1 (Fort Sumter to Perryville) 1958, Vol. 2 (Fredericksburg to Meridian) 1963, Vol. 3 (Red River to Appomattox) 1974. No UK precedence issue; the collectible object is the matched trilogy in first printings, each with its own dated first-state priced jacket.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045611 for "The Civil War: A Narrative (Vol. 1, Fort Sumter to Perryville)" by Shelby Foote (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045611, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).