NMLP P-033580 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Inheritors

William Golding · Faber & Faber (UK) · 1955

The UK Faber edition (1955), Golding's second novel after Lord of the Flies, is the true first, preceding the US Harcourt, Brace edition (1962).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033580 for "The Inheritors" by William Golding (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033580, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).