NMLP P-003041 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Henry Huggins

Beverly Cleary · William Morrow · 1950

US Morrow first edition is the true first; Cleary's debut. For early-1950s Morrow titles use date-match plus absence of a later-printing notation rather than a number line; note this is not foolproof, so a jacket in a matching first-issue state strengthens the identification.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-003041 for "Henry Huggins" by Beverly Cleary (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-003041, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).