NMLP P-044978 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Desperate Characters

Paula Fox · Harcourt, Brace & World (New York) · 1970

The first printing states 'First edition' on the copyright page with no number line — the Harcourt, Brace & World house point in force before the firm became Harcourt Brace Jovanovich later in 1970 (HBJ books switch to a number line)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-044978 for "Desperate Characters" by Paula Fox (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044978, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).