NMLP P-026304 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Special Providence

Richard Yates · Alfred A. Knopf · 1969

The US Knopf printing (October 1969) is the true first. Less collected than Revolutionary Road; confirm the stated 'First Edition' line with the Borzoi device and the blue cloth stamped in silver.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-026304 for "A Special Providence" by Richard Yates (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-026304, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).