NMLP P-039799 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Beach

Alex Garland · Viking (Penguin), London · 1996

First printing: Viking (Penguin), London, published 14 October 1996 — and the decisive point is format: the true first is a PAPERBACK ORIGINAL, issued in original colour-pictorial stiff/limp card wrappers with French flaps, as issued, ISBN 0-670-87014-5

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-039799 for "The Beach" by Alex Garland (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-039799, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).