NMLP P-005738 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Startide Rising

David Brin · Bantam Books, New York · 1983

The true first is the Bantam paperback original of May 1983. The Phantasia Press hardcover is a later first hardcover edition dated 1985 (not 1983); it presents a revised text and was issued in a run of 1,575 copies, of which 375 were numbered, slipcased, and signed on the limitation page. Verify its limitation page for the numbered state.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-005738 for "Startide Rising" by David Brin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-005738, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).