NMLP P-020211 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Madeline

Ludwig Bemelmans · Simon & Schuster · 1939

US Simon & Schuster is the true first. The pre-award jacket and 1939 dating mark the first issue; the book is notoriously hard to find in a fine first-issue jacket.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-020211 for "Madeline" by Ludwig Bemelmans (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-020211, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).