NMLP P-011580 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Wasp Factory

Iain Banks · Macmillan · 1984

The UK Macmillan 1984 hardcover is the true first edition — Banks's controversial debut. The US Houghton Mifflin edition (1984) is the first American edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011580 for "The Wasp Factory" by Iain Banks (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011580, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).