NMLP P-037600 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Horace McCoy · Simon and Schuster (New York) · 1935

The Simon and Schuster (New York, 1935) edition is the true first — McCoy's first book. Arthur Barker Ltd. issued the first UK edition in London the same year, bound in khaki buckram stamped in red; it is cataloged and collected separately as the UK first and is uniformly treated as following the American edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037600 for "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" by Horace McCoy (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037600, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).