NMLP P-039350 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
Passing
Nella Larsen · Alfred A. Knopf · 1929
US Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1929 is the only first — Larsen's second novel. No separate contemporaneous British first edition was traced; the Knopf imprint line of the period reads New York and London, which reflects the imprint rather than a distinct UK edition and does not create a competing first.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-039350 for "Passing" by Nella Larsen (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-039350, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).