NMLP P-011950 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Bread Upon the Waters

Irwin Shaw · Delacorte Press · 1981

US Delacorte trade edition is the true first. The UK first followed from Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1981. A separate Franklin Library leather-bound edition and a signed limited edition were also issued in 1981; do not confuse these with the trade first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011950 for "Bread Upon the Waters" by Irwin Shaw (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011950, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).