NMLP P-007818 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Known World
Edward P. Jones · Amistad / HarperCollins · 2003
The US Amistad/HarperCollins hardcover (2003) is the true first; it won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a National Book Award finalist. The true first sold through quickly; later printings add award mentions to the jacket.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-007818 for "The Known World" by Edward P. Jones (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-007818, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).