NMLP P-016401 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
Couples
John Updike · Alfred A. Knopf · 1968
US Knopf trade first is the true first edition and precedes the UK Andre Deutsch edition of 1968. A separate signed limited issue exists; the often-cited '500 copies, boxed' figure could not be verified from reliable sources, so the exact limitation is left unstated here.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-016401 for "Couples" by John Updike (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-016401, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).