NMLP P-028040 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy 1)

Robin Hobb · Bantam Spectra (US) / Voyager (UK) · 1995

The US Bantam Spectra paperback original (May 1995) is the true first; the UK Voyager hardcover (August 1995) is the first hardcover but not the first edition. A paperback original preceding any hardcover is an unusual and frequently misunderstood point on this title.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-028040 for "Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy 1)" by Robin Hobb (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-028040, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).