NMLP P-044486 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Welcome to Hard Times

E. L. Doctorow · Simon & Schuster · 1960

The paper stock is notably cheap for a major trade publisher, and uniform age-toning/embrowning of the text block is normal for the first printing rather than evidence of a later state

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-044486 for "Welcome to Hard Times" by E. L. Doctorow (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044486, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).