NMLP P-044724 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
Not Without Laughter
Langston Hughes · Alfred A. Knopf (New York / London) · 1930
US Knopf 1930 is the true first (Hughes's first novel); the London issue is the same Knopf publication, not a separate press. English-language original; US precedes.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044724 for "Not Without Laughter" by Langston Hughes (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044724, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).