NMLP P-020475 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
Ilsa
Madeleine L'Engle · Vanguard Press · 1946
US Vanguard Press first edition, issued simultaneously in Canada by Copp Clark; the US Vanguard printing is the recognized first. Notoriously hard to find, as the book went out of print for decades and was effectively never reprinted after publication.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-020475 for "Ilsa" by Madeleine L'Engle (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-020475, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).