NMLP P-016387 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Travels with Charley in Search of America

John Steinbeck · The Viking Press (New York) · 1962

US Viking (1962) is the true first. Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in 1962, so first-issue jackets predate any Nobel mention. The Book-of-the-Month Club issue is common.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-016387 for "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-016387, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).