NMLP P-023340 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Ships of Earth

Orson Scott Card · Tor Books (New York) · 1994

US Tor hardcover (February 1994) is the true first; the copyright page's own wording, confirmed by dealer descriptions, is 'First trade edition: February 1994' with the number line 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-023340 for "The Ships of Earth" by Orson Scott Card (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-023340, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).