NMLP P-019330 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-04

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events 1)

Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) · HarperCollins (New York) · 1999

First printing shows the full ascending number line '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10' on the copyright page (this Harper imprint ends the true first at 10; later printings drop the low numbers)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-019330 for "The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events 1)" by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-019330, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).