NMLP P-037682 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

A Kiss Before Dying

Ira Levin · Simon and Schuster (New York) · 1953

True first is the US Simon and Schuster edition (New York, 1953), preceding the first UK edition (Michael Joseph, London, 1954), which is collected separately: black cloth lettered in white and red on the spine, in the Dennis Beytagh-illustrated dust jacket.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037682 for "A Kiss Before Dying" by Ira Levin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037682, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).