NMLP P-022838 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Surfeit of Lampreys (US: Death of a Peer)

Ngaio Marsh · Collins · 1941

The true first is the US Little, Brown edition titled Death of a Peer (Boston, June 1940), which precedes the UK Collins Surfeit of Lampreys (1941). This precedence is confirmed by the author's bibliography and by dealer and Biblio records dating Death of a Peer to 1940.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-022838 for "Surfeit of Lampreys (US: Death of a Peer)" by Ngaio Marsh (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022838, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).