NMLP P-031657 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Tar Baby

Toni Morrison · Alfred A. Knopf · 1981

US Knopf printing of 1981 is the true first edition. The UK edition (Chatto & Windus) also appeared in 1981.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-031657 for "Tar Baby" by Toni Morrison (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-031657, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).