NMLP P-016436 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Poorhouse Fair

John Updike · Alfred A. Knopf · 1959

US Knopf is the true first edition and precedes the UK Victor Gollancz edition of 1959.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-016436 for "The Poorhouse Fair" by John Updike (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-016436, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).