NMLP P-039083 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Intruder in the Dust

William Faulkner · Random House (New York) · 1948

Census claim confirmed. The true first is Random House, New York, 1948. The first UK edition is Chatto & Windus, London, 1949 — collected as the English first, but it follows the American issue by a year and does not precede. No original-language question arises: Faulkner wrote in English and the American issue is the first appearance.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-039083 for "Intruder in the Dust" by William Faulkner (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-039083, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).