NMLP P-004874 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Eldest (Inheritance Cycle 2)

Christopher Paolini · Alfred A. Knopf / Random House (New York) · 2005

US Knopf hardcover is the true first (August 2005). A UK Doubleday edition, including a signed numbered issue, followed in the British market.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-004874 for "Eldest (Inheritance Cycle 2)" by Christopher Paolini (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004874, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).