NMLP P-044577 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Kingsblood Royal

Sinclair Lewis · Random House (New York) · 1947

US Random House 1947 is the true first and precedes the first UK edition (Jonathan Cape, London, 1948). The signed limited of 1,050 was published simultaneously with the trade first rather than ahead of it; neither has clear textual precedence over the other.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044577 for "Kingsblood Royal" by Sinclair Lewis (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044577, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).