NMLP P-025549 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Rubber Band

Rex Stout · Farrar & Rinehart · 1936

US Farrar & Rinehart is the true first. A UK Collins edition also appeared in 1936; the US Farrar & Rinehart printing (with the copyright-page monogram) is the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-025549 for "The Rubber Band" by Rex Stout (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-025549, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).