NMLP P-037003 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown (illus. Clement Hurd) · Harper & Brothers · 1947

US Harper & Brothers 1947 is the true first. The base title is already in the live index; this entry records the title-page imprint and first-state jacket points. True first printings cannot be conclusively distinguished from the text alone, so jacket evidence is essential.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037003 for "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown (illus. Clement Hurd) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037003, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).