NMLP P-036609 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams · Pan Books (London) · 1979
The Arthur Barker hardcover, though scarcer, is a second-format issue, not the true first; its first-state jacket carries a 'Capricorn One' advert on the rear panel with the printed price to the front flap. Later Pan printings state a reprint/later-printing history on the imprint page and typically a raised price. The US Harmony hardcover (1980) is a separate, later edition.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-036609 for "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036609, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).