NMLP P-005284 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Crossing

Cormac McCarthy · Alfred A. Knopf · 1994

The US Knopf 1994 edition is the true first, Volume Two of the Border Trilogy. A signed limited issue of 1,000 copies 'for friends of the author and publisher' has a publisher's inserted signed/limitation leaf. The UK Picador edition is a separate first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-005284 for "The Crossing" by Cormac McCarthy (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-005284, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).