NMLP P-004880 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-04

Eragon (Inheritance Cycle 1) — self-published

Christopher Paolini · Paolini International LLC (Livingston, MT) · 2002

TRUE FIRST: self-published edition in original pictorial paper wrappers under the Paolini International LLC imprint, Livingston, Montana; cover art (Saphira's eye) and interior maps drawn by the author; back-of-book author's note to readers asking them to spread the word; an unabridged text roughly 20,000 words longer than the later Knopf edition (ISBN 0966621334)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-004880 for "Eragon (Inheritance Cycle 1) — self-published" by Christopher Paolini (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-004880, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).