NMLP P-000466 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Body in the Library

Agatha Christie · Dodd, Mead and Company · 1942

Corrected: the true first is US Dodd, Mead (February 1942), preceding UK Collins Crime Club (May 1942) — not the UK edition as originally stated. The US printing precedes the UK by about three months.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-000466 for "The Body in the Library" by Agatha Christie (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-000466, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).