NMLP P-018061 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Bone People

Keri Hulme · Spiral / Hodder & Stoughton (Wellington/Auckland) · 1984

True first is the 1984 New Zealand Spiral paperback; the 1985 UK Hodder & Stoughton (with Spiral) hardcover is a later issue. The first New Zealand novel and first debut to win the Booker Prize (1985). The small Spiral first is a major rarity, scarce in fine condition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-018061 for "The Bone People" by Keri Hulme (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-018061, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).