NMLP P-009294 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Angela's Ashes: A Memoir

Frank McCourt · Scribner · 1996

The US Scribner edition is the true first, preceding the UK (Flamingo/HarperCollins) edition. The book won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Biography/Autobiography. Signed first printings carry no precedence over unsigned firsts.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009294 for "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009294, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).