NMLP P-011791 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

On Chesil Beach

Ian McEwan · Jonathan Cape (London) · 2007

First published by Jonathan Cape in London in 2007; the US Nan A. Talese / Doubleday edition also appeared in 2007, near-simultaneously, so the Cape printing is the British first rather than a clear global precedent.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011791 for "On Chesil Beach" by Ian McEwan (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011791, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).