NMLP P-021726 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton · Alfred A. Knopf · 1969
The US Knopf edition (1969) is the true first under Crichton's own name; the UK Jonathan Cape edition is also 1969 but follows. the printed price rear-flap code is the critical first-printing tell; later printings lack it or show a different date code.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021726 for "The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021726, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).