NMLP P-024349 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck · John Day Company (New York) · 1931
US John Day 1931 is the true first; the flees typo on page 100, line 17 is the defining first-issue point, corrected in later states. The UK Methuen edition followed.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-024349 for "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-024349, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).