NMLP P-044562 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Mules and Men

Zora Neale Hurston · J. B. Lippincott Company (Philadelphia) · 1935

US J. B. Lippincott (Philadelphia), 1935, is the true first. The first UK edition was Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. (London), 1936, in burgundy cloth with a gilt spine and a Covarrubias jacket; both are collected, but the Lippincott 1935 has clear precedence.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044562 for "Mules and Men" by Zora Neale Hurston (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044562, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).