NMLP P-018402 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas

Larry McMurtry · Encino Press · 1968

The 1968 Encino Press printing is the true first; most of it was suppressed and reprinted over typographical errors, making the surviving 'skycrapers' first scarce. The 1971 Simon & Schuster trade edition is a 'first thus,' not the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-018402 for "In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas" by Larry McMurtry (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-018402, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).