NMLP P-034235 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Lone Star Ranger
Zane Grey · Harper & Brothers · 1915
US Harper first. Under Harper's letter-code system in use from 1912, the first letter gives the month and the second the year; an unaltered first-printing code confirms the first. Harper did not begin stating 'First Edition' on the copyright page until 1922, so the code is the decisive tell for this title.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-034235 for "The Lone Star Ranger" by Zane Grey (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034235, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).