NMLP P-010063 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

What It Was

George Pelecanos · Reagan Arthur / Little, Brown · 2012

A Derek Strange novel released across multiple formats at once by Reagan Arthur/Little, Brown in early 2012; the paperback issue is a trade paperback original, not a mass-market paperback. Collectors distinguish the signed limited slipcase edition from the ordinary trade hardcover and the paperback original.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010063 for "What It Was" by George Pelecanos (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010063, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).