NMLP P-031717 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Fly on the Wall

Tony Hillerman · Harper & Row (New York) · 1971

The US Harper & Row edition (1971) is the true first. This is Hillerman's second novel and a standalone (not a Leaphorn/Chee book), and it is genuinely scarcer in collectible condition than the series titles. Binding, pagination, and jacket points are corroborated by the Tony Hillerman Portal (ehillerman.unm.edu) and ABAA dealers.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-031717 for "The Fly on the Wall" by Tony Hillerman (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-031717, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).