NMLP P-006761 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Busy Body

Donald E. Westlake · Random House · 1966

The US Random House hardcover is the true first. The UK T. V. Boardman edition, also 1966, carries a Denis McLoughlin dust-jacket design and followed the American issue; it is not the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-006761 for "The Busy Body" by Donald E. Westlake (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-006761, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).