NMLP P-014584 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Run River

Joan Didion · Ivan Obolensky · 1963

The US Ivan Obolensky 1963 edition is the true first and Didion's debut novel. Later reissues under different imprints are 'first thus,' not the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014584 for "Run River" by Joan Didion (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014584, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).