firstPublisher

P7323
predicate

Indicates that an entity is the original or earliest publisher of another entity (such as a work, edition, or resource).

All labels observed (70)

Label Occurrences
firstPublisher canonical 362
publisherOfFirstEdition 104
publisherOfFirstAppearance 57

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: firstPublisher
Generated description
Indicates that an entity is the original or earliest publisher of another entity (such as a work, edition, or resource).

Sample triples (808)

Subject Object
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg B. Schott’s Söhne
Addison’s play "Cato"
surface form: Cato (play)
Jacob Tonson
Symphony No. 9 in E minor Oxford University Press
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man B. W. Huebsch via predicate surface "publisherFirstBookEdition"
Great Expectations Chapman and Hall via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstBookEdition"
surface form: Chapman & Hall
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid Anansi Press
Men of Iron Harper & Brothers
The Beaux' Stratagem (stage)
surface form: The Beaux' Stratagem
Bernard Lintot
The School for Scandal (stage)
surface form: The School for Scandal
John Wilkie
The Old English Baron John Murray
GEO reports United Nations Environment Programme
Sailing to Byzantium Macmillan Publishers via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstBookPublication"
surface form: Macmillan
The Playboy of the Western World Maunsel & Co.
St. Louis Blues W. C. Handy Music Company via predicate surface "firstPublishedBy"
surface form: Pace & Handy Music Company
L’isle joyeuse Durand
poem "Composed upon Westminster Bridge" by William Wordsworth
surface form: Composed upon Westminster Bridge
Longman via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstEdition"
The Lady of the Shroud William Heinemann
Man and Superman Archibald Constable & Co.
surface form: Archibald Constable and Company
Arms and the Man Walter Scott Publishing Co.
Candida Archibald Constable & Co.
surface form: Archibald Constable and Company
BWV 988 Balthasar Schmid
Württemberg Sonatas Balthasar Schmid
Quicksand Alfred A. Knopf
Tales of the City San Francisco Chronicle
Sei Solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato Simrock via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstPrint"
The Magic Flute Johann André via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstEdition"
Memoirs of a Polar Bear New Directions Publishing via predicate surface "publisherOfOriginalEdition"
The Emperor Jones Boni & Liveright
surface form: Boni and Liveright
Anna Christie Boni & Liveright via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstEdition"
surface form: Boni and Liveright
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Simrock
Basil Ransom Macmillan and Co. via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstEditionWork"
surface form: Macmillan (London)
Basil Ransom James R. Osgood & Co. via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstEditionWork"
surface form: James R. Osgood and Company (Boston)
Miss America Timely Comics via predicate surface "debutPublisher"
International Phonetic Alphabet International Phonetic Association via predicate surface "firstPublishedBy"
Scarlett Papava Penguin Books via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstAppearance"
Borderlands 2K via predicate surface "primaryPublisherLabel"
Kim Macmillan Publishers
New Gods DC Comics
Kimball O'Hara Macmillan Publishers via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstAppearance"
Modern Painters Smith, Elder & Co. via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstVolume"
Ratty Methuen & Co. via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstWork"
surface form: Methuen & Co. (for The Wind in the Willows)
Count Dracula Archibald Constable & Co. via predicate surface "firstPublisherOfWork"
surface form: Archibald Constable and Company
Foundation series (early stories) Gnome Press via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstBookForm"
Now I Lay Me Charles Scribner's Sons via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstCollection"
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
surface form: The Adventures of Pinocchio
Felice Paggi via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstBookEdition" NERFINISHED
Le Villi Casa Ricordi
The Homecoming Methuen
The Room Encore Publishing
No Man's Land Eyre Methuen
Ricercar a 3 Bach himself (self-published collection) via predicate surface "publisherOfFirstPrint"