NMLP P-039285 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles · John Lehmann, London (true first); New Directions, New York (first American) · 1949
The first impression's copyright page states first publication in 1949 with no impression statement — the point matters because Lehmann reprinted almost immediately: a stated second impression followed within the same month (September 1949) and a stated third impression in October 1949, so any copy carrying an impression statement is not the first
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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-039285 for "The Sheltering Sky" by Paul Bowles (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-039285, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).