NMLP P-011256 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Strange Library

Haruki Murakami · Alfred A. Knopf (US) / Harvill Secker (UK) · 2014

First English edition of this novella. The US Knopf design (Chip Kidd) is entirely distinct from the concurrent UK Harvill Secker design (Suzanne Dean, with marbled endpapers and antique plates); collectors treat the two as separate physical firsts by market.

Full identification guide for this title →

New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011256 for "The Strange Library" by Haruki Murakami (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011256, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).