NMLP P-032575 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Message in the Bottle

Walker Percy · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 1975

US Farrar, Straus and Giroux first edition is the true first; first-thus collection of Percy's essays on language and semiotics (his first nonfiction book).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032575 for "The Message in the Bottle" by Walker Percy (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032575, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).