NMLP P-037408 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Garden of Shadows

V.C. Andrews · Poseidon Press · 1987

The Poseidon Press 1987 hardcover is the true first edition. A Pocket Books hardcover exists but is the Book Club Edition (BCE); Pocket Books also published the mass-market paperback. Identify the first by the Poseidon Press imprint, a complete number line, and no book-club gutter code or blind-stamp.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037408 for "Garden of Shadows" by V.C. Andrews (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037408, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).