NMLP P-016762 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Motherless Brooklyn

Jonathan Lethem · Doubleday · 1999

US Doubleday hardcover (1999) is the true first. The Faber UK edition is a separate, later first-thus. Signed and signed advance-reading copies exist.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-016762 for "Motherless Brooklyn" by Jonathan Lethem (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-016762, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).