NMLP P-037733 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Knots and Crosses

Ian Rankin · The Bodley Head (London) · 1987

London: The Bodley Head, 19 March 1987 is the true first edition. The first American edition (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1987, published August 1987) followed and is collected separately as the first US printing of the first Inspector Rebus novel.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-037733 for "Knots and Crosses" by Ian Rankin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037733, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).