NMLP P-025296 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Killer in the Rain

Raymond Chandler · Hamish Hamilton · 1964

Precedence between the two 1964 editions is not clearly settled: the UK Hamish Hamilton and US Houghton Mifflin editions both appeared in 1964 and are best treated as effectively contemporaneous rather than one firmly preceding the other. Collect the edition matching the market you want; do not assert UK-over-US priority without a dated source.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-025296 for "Killer in the Rain" by Raymond Chandler (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-025296, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).