NMLP P-008441 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary

Erle Stanley Gardner · William Morrow · 1955

The US William Morrow book edition is the true first. The magazine serialization is a prior appearance but not the first book edition; Morrow precedes later paperbacks and any UK issue.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-008441 for "The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary" by Erle Stanley Gardner (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-008441, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).