NMLP P-011946 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Beggarman, Thief

Irwin Shaw · Delacorte Press · 1977

US Delacorte edition is the true first. The UK first was published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1977 (corrected from New English Library, which issued the later UK paperback).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011946 for "Beggarman, Thief" by Irwin Shaw (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011946, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).