NMLP P-019090 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Secret Meaning of Things

Lawrence Ferlinghetti · New Directions · 1968

True first is the New Directions issue carrying the 1968 copyright. Precedence between the wrappered and clothbound trade issues is not firmly settled; some dealers state the softcover appeared slightly ahead of the trade hardcover. The clothbound copies were issued in a slipcase.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019090 for "The Secret Meaning of Things" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019090, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).