NMLP P-020444 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle · Ariel Books / Farrar, Straus and Cudahy · 1962

US Ariel/FSC is the true first. The pre-Newbery jacket (no medal) plus the printed price Raskin jacket and the 'Cudahy' imprint are the key first-issue markers; relaunch jackets added the Newbery Medal.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-020444 for "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-020444, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).