NMLP P-007263 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Billy Bathgate

E. L. Doctorow · Random House · 1989

The US Random House trade hardcover of 1989 is the true first trade edition. It won the 1990 PEN/Faulkner Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-007263 for "Billy Bathgate" by E. L. Doctorow (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-007263, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).