NMLP P-020013 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Empty Land
Louis L'Amour · Bantam Books · 1969
True first edition is the 1969 Bantam paperback original (H3935); there was no prior hardcover, so this mass-market issue is the genuine first. Later editions include a mid-1970s and 1980s Bantam reissue and the 2021 Lost Treasures edition, none of which is the first.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-020013 for "The Empty Land" by Louis L'Amour (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-020013, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).