NMLP P-036580 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell · Sceptre (London) · 2004

REVERSE PRECEDENCE — UK precedes US here. Sceptre, London, 2004 is the true first. The first US edition (Random House, August 2004, ISBN 9780375507250) followed and, importantly for collectors, is a trade-paperback original with French flaps: Random House issued no US hardcover, so there is no 'US hardcover first.' Shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036580 for "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036580, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).