NMLP P-033957 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Works of Love

Wright Morris · Alfred A. Knopf · 1952

The US Knopf edition is the true first. Some references cite a 1951 review date, but the published first edition is dated 1952 and so dated on the copyright page.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033957 for "The Works of Love" by Wright Morris (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033957, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).