NMLP P-000110 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Virgin in the Garden

A.S. Byatt · Chatto & Windus · 1978

The UK Chatto & Windus edition (1978) is the true world first. The first American edition followed from Alfred A. Knopf in 1979; the Knopf issue is distinguishable by its blue-gray paper-covered boards with a navy cloth spine and silver lettering, versus the gilt-lettered UK cloth. UK precedes.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-000110 for "The Virgin in the Garden" by A.S. Byatt (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-000110, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).