NMLP P-013268 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Brown's Requiem

James Ellroy · Avon Books · 1981

The true first is the US Avon mass-market paperback (1981), Ellroy's first book. The first hardcover in any market, and the first UK edition, is the Allison & Busby hardback (London, 1984), which precedes any US hardcover appearance.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-013268 for "Brown's Requiem" by James Ellroy (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-013268, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).