NMLP P-036527 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

True Grit

Charles Portis · Simon & Schuster (New York) · 1968

US Simon & Schuster (1968) is the true first, identified by "First printing" on the copyright page. Uncorrected advance reading copies / proofs in wrappers preceded the trade edition. The UK Jonathan Cape edition followed in 1969 (a separate British proof also exists); the US trade first precedes the UK edition. Signed Portis copies are scarce.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036527 for "True Grit" by Charles Portis (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036527, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).