NMLP P-010260 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

George V. Higgins · Alfred A. Knopf · 1972

US Knopf (1972) is the recognized true first, with 'FIRST EDITION' stated and the '2/72' jacket date code. The UK Martin Secker & Warburg edition also appeared in 1972 as a separate, later setting.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010260 for "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" by George V. Higgins (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010260, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).