NMLP P-009258 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Wise Blood

Flannery O'Connor · Harcourt, Brace and Company · 1952

US Harcourt, Brace is the true first; UK Neville Spearman (1955) is later. As O'Connor's debut, first printings are scarce.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009258 for "Wise Blood" by Flannery O'Connor (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009258, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).