NMLP P-031788 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Christmas Memory

Truman Capote · Random House · 1966

First separate trade book edition. The story first appeared in Mademoiselle (December 1956); a privately printed leaflet of the period is the earliest separate appearance. For the published book, the 1966 Random House edition is the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-031788 for "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-031788, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).