NMLP P-044990 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Richard Fariña · Random House (New York) · 1966
US Random House (1966) is the true first and the only book published in Fariña's lifetime; it precedes the UK edition. Later Penguin and other paperbacks are reprints, not firsts.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044990 for "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me" by Richard Fariña (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044990, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).