NMLP P-014751 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Two-Bear Mambo

Joe R. Lansdale · Mysterious Press · 1995

The US Mysterious Press trade hardcover is the true first; the UK Gollancz edition followed and is not the first. A separate signed, numbered limited edition of 100 copies was bound in quarter-leather from the Mysterious Press sheets by James Cahill Publishing and is a distinct issue rather than the trade first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014751 for "The Two-Bear Mambo" by Joe R. Lansdale (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014751, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).