NMLP P-024975 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Northern Lights (His Dark Materials 1)

Philip Pullman · Scholastic / Point (London) · 1995

UK Scholastic/Point is the true world first (July 1995), preceding the US Knopf edition retitled 'The Golden Compass' (1996). The first-state jacket ('Point' at the spine foot plus the 7-9 Pratt Street address, unclipped) is the key identifier.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-024975 for "Northern Lights (His Dark Materials 1)" by Philip Pullman (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-024975, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).