NMLP P-015008 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Spartina

John Casey · Alfred A. Knopf · 1989

The US Knopf hardcover of 1989 is the true first, confirmed by the stated 'First Edition' on the copyright page and the borzoi imprint; it won the 1989 National Book Award for Fiction.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015008 for "Spartina" by John Casey (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015008, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).