NMLP P-044625 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Neon Bible

John Kennedy Toole · Grove Weidenfeld (New York) · 1989

US Grove Weidenfeld (New York), 1989 is the true first and precedes the UK. UK edition: Viking, London (ISBN 0-670-82908-0), issued after the US. The census precedence (US 1989 first) is confirmed; the book completes the two-book Toole canon alongside A Confederacy of Dunces.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044625 for "The Neon Bible" by John Kennedy Toole (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044625, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).