NMLP P-021670 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Airframe

Michael Crichton · Alfred A. Knopf · 1996

The Knopf trade edition (1996) is the true first trade issue; it was preceded only by the Franklin Library signed, leather-bound edition (green leather with gilt, issued for the Signed First Edition Society), which is the earliest printed form.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021670 for "Airframe" by Michael Crichton (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021670, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).