NMLP P-022703 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Man Lay Dead

Ngaio Marsh · Geoffrey Bles · 1934

The UK Geoffrey Bles edition is the true first; the first US edition (Sheridan House, New York) did not appear until 1942.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-022703 for "A Man Lay Dead" by Ngaio Marsh (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022703, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).