NMLP P-040585 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Serenade

James M. Cain · Alfred A. Knopf (New York) · 1937

Knopf's practice from 1933/34 to 1947 governs this book: the first printing carries the statement "FIRST EDITION" on the copyright page, and Knopf removed that line on later impressions, substituting "Second Printing," "Third Printing," etc. — a Knopf Serenade stated "second printing, December 1937" is recorded in the trade

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-040585 for "Serenade" by James M. Cain (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-040585, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).