NMLP P-004621 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
Beat Not the Bones
Charlotte Jay · Collins (UK) / Harper & Brothers (US) · 1952
The original note's claim that US Harper appeared in 1953 is incorrect: Harper & Brothers published its New York edition in 1952. Both the Collins UK and Harper US editions are 1952, and precedence between them is not reliably established, so neither can be asserted as the sole true first without verifying the specific copy.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-004621 for "Beat Not the Bones" by Charlotte Jay (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004621, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).