NMLP P-031647 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison · Alfred A. Knopf · 1977

US Knopf is the true first; UK Chatto & Windus (1978) is later. This title (a National Book Critics Circle Award winner) is scarcer in firsts than 'Beloved'.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-031647 for "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-031647, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).