NMLP P-006842 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Martha Quest

Doris Lessing · Michael Joseph · 1952

The UK Michael Joseph edition (1952) is the true first. The first US edition appeared substantially later in the 1960s; the UK edition strongly precedes.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-006842 for "Martha Quest" by Doris Lessing (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-006842, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).