NMLP P-029163 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein · Harper & Row · 1964

US Harper & Row is the true first. Jacket price (the printed price) and the absence of later printing statements/award blurbs are the practical first-issue markers, as the book was a slow seller initially and early printings are scarce.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-029163 for "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-029163, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).