NMLP P-044889 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Octopus: A Story of California
Frank Norris · Doubleday, Page · 1901
US precedes UK: Doubleday, Page (New York), 1901 is the true first; Grant Richards issued the London edition later in 1901 (September), and a Tauchnitz continental edition also followed. The American Doubleday, Page printing is the collected first.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044889 for "The Octopus: A Story of California" by Frank Norris (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044889, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).