NMLP P-018852 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling

Lawrence Block · Random House · 1979

US Random House edition (1979) is the true first; third Bernie Rhodenbarr / 'Burglar' novel; a UK Hale hardcover (Robert Hale, ISBN 0-7091-8746-2) followed and is not the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-018852 for "The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling" by Lawrence Block (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-018852, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).