NMLP P-043528 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Calamity Town

Ellery Queen · Little, Brown and Company (Boston) · 1942

The US edition — Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1942 — is the true first, and Wikipedia's infobox gives the publication place as the United States. The UK edition is Victor Gollancz, London, 1942 (confirmed by dealer listings), and is collected separately as the first English edition; Gollancz firsts of this date carry no edition statement, with later impressions noted on the verso. Do not confuse the Gollancz first with the Gollancz 'First Cheap Edition' of 1948 or its 1949 second printing, both of which are documented later issues. This is the first Wrightsville novel.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-043528 for "Calamity Town" by Ellery Queen (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043528, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).