NMLP P-015050 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Purple Place for Dying

John D. MacDonald · Fawcett Gold Medal · 1964

Paperback original; no earlier hardcover. The Gold Medal wraps edition is the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015050 for "A Purple Place for Dying" by John D. MacDonald (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015050, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).