NMLP P-002605 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
August Wilson · Plume (New American Library / Dutton) · 1988
The Plume trade paperback is the recognized trade first edition. A New American Library hardcover also appeared in 1988, but it circulated essentially as a book-club issue rather than a trade hardback first; the Plume wrappers issue is the standard collected first.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-002605 for "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" by August Wilson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-002605, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).