NMLP P-036902 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
A Time to Kill
John Grisham · Wynwood Press · 1989
The US Wynwood Press edition (1989) is the true first, Grisham's debut, issued before he became famous — hence the roughly 5,000-copy printing. The common Doubleday hardcover is a 1993 reissue ('first edition thus'), released after The Firm's success, and is NOT the true first.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036902 for "A Time to Kill" by John Grisham (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036902, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).