NMLP P-004177 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Carson McCullers · Houghton Mifflin · 1951

The US Houghton Mifflin omnibus of 1951 is the first book appearance of the novella 'The Ballad of the Sad Cafe.' Any standalone printing of the novella is first-thus rather than the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-004177 for "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" by Carson McCullers (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004177, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).