NMLP P-044524 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

A Cool Million

Nathanael West · Covici-Friede · 1934

US Covici-Friede (1934) is the true first, preceding the first UK/English edition — Neville Spearman (London, 1954) — by two decades; the Spearman issue is in red boards lettered white on the spine. Both are collected, with Covici-Friede the priority.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044524 for "A Cool Million" by Nathanael West (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044524, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).