NMLP P-011525 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
A Song of Stone
Iain Banks · Abacus/Little, Brown (London) · 1997
UK Abacus hardcover (1997) is the true first. Unusually for Banks, this title appeared under the Abacus imprint rather than Little, Brown proper, so the Abacus imprint on the title page is correct for the first edition.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011525 for "A Song of Stone" by Iain Banks (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011525, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).