NMLP P-010741 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Sweet Shop Owner

Graham Swift · Allen Lane (London) · 1980

The UK Allen Lane hardcover (1980) precedes the US editions (Poseidon and the Washington Square paperback of the mid-1980s); the Allen Lane hardcover is the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010741 for "The Sweet Shop Owner" by Graham Swift (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010741, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).