NMLP P-033886 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Long March

William Styron · The Modern Library (Random House) · 1952

True first book appearance is the 1952 Modern Library paperback original (P22). No US hardcover appeared for many years afterward. The record's earlier framing (a 1961 Vintage V-159 paperback original or a 1956 hardcover as the true first) is incorrect.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033886 for "The Long March" by William Styron (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033886, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).