NMLP P-028451 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Ivory Grin (UK: Marked for Murder)

Ross Macdonald (as John Ross Macdonald) · Alfred A. Knopf · 1952

The US Knopf edition (1952) is the true first. Note: the aggregate title is misleading. 'Marked for Murder' was the retitled US Pocket Books paperback (1953), not a UK title. The UK Cassell edition retained the title The Ivory Grin.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-028451 for "The Ivory Grin (UK: Marked for Murder)" by Ross Macdonald (as John Ross Macdonald) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-028451, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).