NMLP P-001666 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Breathing Lessons

Anne Tyler · Alfred A. Knopf (New York) · 1988

The US Knopf 1988 edition is the true first. The 'FIRST EDITION' statement on the copyright page is the defining point of first printing. Winner of the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-001666 for "Breathing Lessons" by Anne Tyler (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-001666, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).