NMLP P-031972 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Beginning Place

Ursula K. Le Guin · Harper & Row · 1980

The US Harper & Row hardcover is the true first edition; the UK edition (Gollancz, retitled Threshold) is a later, separate printing.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-031972 for "The Beginning Place" by Ursula K. Le Guin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-031972, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).