NMLP P-039244 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser · Boni & Liveright (New York) · 1925
US Boni & Liveright, New York, 1925 (two volumes) is the true first and the collected edition; the census claim is confirmed. The UK Constable edition followed in 1926 and is not the first. The separate signed limited issue of 795 numbered copies, signed by Dreiser, is a distinct limited issue rather than the trade first.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-039244 for "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-039244, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).