NMLP P-004633 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Chester Himes · G.P. Putnam's Sons · 1965

For this title the French edition 'Retour en Afrique' (Plon, 1964) precedes the English-language first. The US Putnam edition (1965) is the first English-language edition and the first hardcover. Several other Himes Harlem novels likewise appeared first in French, so precedence should be verified per title.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-004633 for "Cotton Comes to Harlem" by Chester Himes (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004633, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).