NMLP P-017236 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Scarlet Sister Mary

Julia Peterkin · Bobbs-Merrill Company (Indianapolis) · 1928

US Bobbs-Merrill 1928 is the true first. A separate signed limited Airplane Edition of 1,000 copies, printed on thin India paper in flexible boards and signed on a tipped-in leaf, also exists; its sequence relative to the trade issue is not firmly established.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-017236 for "Scarlet Sister Mary" by Julia Peterkin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-017236, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).