NMLP P-016264 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Empress File
John Sandford · Henry Holt and Company · 1991
US Henry Holt (1991) is the true first, under the byline John Camp. It is the second Kidd novel, following The Fool's Run. Later John Sandford-bylined printings are reissues.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-016264 for "The Empress File" by John Sandford (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-016264, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).