NMLP P-044694 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Company She Keeps
Mary McCarthy · Simon & Schuster (New York) · 1942
US Simon & Schuster 1942 is unambiguously the true first. UK/British printings are all later; the census 'Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1957' is at most one later UK issue (an earlier UK edition may exist but is not corroborated here), so collectors should treat the US 1942 as the true first.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044694 for "The Company She Keeps" by Mary McCarthy (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044694, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).