NMLP P-019903 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Matagorda

Louis L'Amour · Bantam Books · 1967

True first edition is the 1967 Bantam paperback original; there was no prior hardcover. Hardcover appearances (Gregg Press, later Bantam collector hardcovers) are all subsequent reprints, not the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019903 for "Matagorda" by Louis L'Amour (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019903, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).