NMLP P-013724 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

To the Bright and Shining Sun

James Lee Burke · Charles Scribner's Sons · 1970

US Scribner's is the true first. Burke's second book; a notably scarce early-career title, especially in an unclipped first-state jacket.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-013724 for "To the Bright and Shining Sun" by James Lee Burke (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-013724, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).