NMLP P-016851 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Book of Sand

Jorge Luis Borges · E.P. Dutton · 1977

The Dutton 1977 American edition is the true first English-language edition of El libro de arena (1975). The first British edition (Allen Lane) did not appear until 1979, so US Dutton has clear precedence.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-016851 for "The Book of Sand" by Jorge Luis Borges (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-016851, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).