NMLP P-044541 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
Peyton Place
Grace Metalious · Julian Messner, Inc. (New York) · 1956
US Julian Messner (New York), published 24 September 1956, is the true first. The first UK edition was Frederick Muller (London), 1957 — an expurgated text with the character renamed 'Michael Kyros'; US precedence is clear and the Messner first is the collected point, with the Muller first secondary.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044541 for "Peyton Place" by Grace Metalious (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044541, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).