NMLP P-044632 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Easter Parade
Richard Yates · Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence (New York) · 1976
US Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence (New York), 1976 is the true first. A first UK edition followed from Eyre Methuen, London, 1978 (jacket using Edward Hopper's Nighthawks) — so the census's 'no contemporary UK edition' is only loosely accurate: a UK first exists but is two years later and does not affect precedence.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044632 for "The Easter Parade" by Richard Yates (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044632, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).