NMLP P-043523 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

The Ancient Child

N. Scott Momaday · Doubleday (New York) · 1989

No book-club issue is documented in the sources consulted; the dealer listings examined all describe trade copies. If a Doubleday club printing exists, the period tells would apply: an unpriced jacket, a five-digit code in a white block on the rear jacket panel, absent bar code, thinner bulk and cheaper binding, and a blind stamp at the lower rear board — and note that a Doubleday club copy can still show "First Edition" on the copyright page, so the stated line must always be checked against the jacket and binding.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-043523 for "The Ancient Child" by N. Scott Momaday (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043523, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).