NMLP P-044131 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Just William

Richmal Crompton · George Newnes, Limited (London) · 1922

The UK Newnes 1922 edition is the true first worldwide; no contemporaneous US edition competes for precedence, so there is no UK-vs-US question here. The stories had appeared in magazine form before collection, but the Newnes volume is the first book appearance. Later Collins, Armada, Merlin and Macmillan issues are reprints and carry no first-edition standing; do not accept them as "first thus."

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044131 for "Just William" by Richmal Crompton (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044131, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).