NMLP P-045353 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Songlines

Bruce Chatwin · Jonathan Cape (London) · 1987

UK Cape (London) 1987 precedes the US Viking (New York) 1987 issue; both are collected. Beware a Franklin Library (US) signed 'First Edition' of 1987 in decorative leather, produced by special arrangement with Viking Penguin and Cape — a premium 'first thus,' not the world first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045353 for "The Songlines" by Bruce Chatwin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045353, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).