NMLP P-002625 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Piano Lesson

August Wilson · Dutton · 1990

The Dutton hardcover, New York, 1990 is the true trade first edition. It precedes and outranks the simultaneous Plume paperback. Signed first-edition hardcovers have been handled by Heritage Auctions; a book-club hardcover is a separate secondary issue.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-002625 for "The Piano Lesson" by August Wilson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-002625, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).