NMLP P-037609 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Laura

Vera Caspary · Houghton Mifflin (Boston) · 1943

The Houghton Mifflin (Boston, 1943) edition is the true first in book form (the story had been serialized in Collier's in 1942). Eyre and Spottiswoode published the first UK edition in London in 1944, in blue cloth with a Bip Pares-designed jacket; both editions are collected, with the American edition holding precedence.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037609 for "Laura" by Vera Caspary (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037609, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).