NMLP P-037555 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Crime at Black Dudley

Margery Allingham · Jarrolds (London) · 1929

UK Jarrolds 1929 is the true first. The census note's US year of 1930 is incorrect: Wikipedia and multiple ABAA dealer records date the Crime Club Black Dudley Murder to 1929, the same year. Both editions are collected; because the Jarrolds first is so rare, most copies offered as firsts are the US issue.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037555 for "The Crime at Black Dudley" by Margery Allingham (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037555, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).