NMLP P-024365 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Beginning of Spring

Penelope Fitzgerald · William Collins · 1988

The UK Collins edition (1988) is the true first; the US Henry Holt edition follows in 1989, so the UK printing precedes.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-024365 for "The Beginning of Spring" by Penelope Fitzgerald (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-024365, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).