NMLP P-044476 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin · The Dial Press, New York · 1974

The first printing has "First printing" stated on the copyright page with no later printings listed — this statement is the decisive point and is corroborated by several independent dealer transcriptions

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-044476 for "If Beale Street Could Talk" by James Baldwin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044476, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).