NMLP P-031329 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Drawing of the Dark
Tim Powers · Ballantine / Del Rey · 1979
The 1979 Del Rey/Ballantine paperback is the true first. Later signed specialty-press hardcovers are 'first thus' issues, not the first edition.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-031329 for "The Drawing of the Dark" by Tim Powers (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-031329, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).