NMLP P-045092 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Loving Spirit

Daphne du Maurier · William Heinemann (London) · 1931

UK William Heinemann (London) 1931 is the true first — correct, and not her later, better-known house Gollancz, to which she moved in the mid-1930s. The US Doubleday, Doran (New York) 1931 edition is the American first and followed the UK issue; both are collected.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045092 for "The Loving Spirit" by Daphne du Maurier (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045092, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).