NMLP P-024377 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Bookshop

Penelope Fitzgerald · Gerald Duckworth & Co. · 1978

The UK Duckworth edition (1978) is the true first; the US Houghton Mifflin edition is far later (1997). The UK strongly precedes.

Full identification guide for this title →

New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-024377 for "The Bookshop" by Penelope Fitzgerald (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-024377, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).