NMLP P-025396 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Black Orchids

Rex Stout · Farrar & Rinehart · 1942

US Farrar & Rinehart 1942 is the true first; the London Collins Crime Club edition did not appear until 1943.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-025396 for "Black Orchids" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-025396, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).