NMLP P-019202 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Hard Way
Lee Child · Delacorte Press · 2006
The true first edition is the UK Bantam Press hardcover, published early 2006, which preceded the US Delacorte Press edition (published 16 May 2006). The Delacorte printing is the genuine US first edition but not the first appearance in print. Tenth Reacher novel.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-019202 for "The Hard Way" by Lee Child (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019202, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).