NMLP P-001770 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

For the Time Being

Annie Dillard · Alfred A. Knopf · 1999

True first US edition (Knopf trade first), 1999. There is no true UK precedence question; the Knopf printing is the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-001770 for "For the Time Being" by Annie Dillard (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-001770, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).