NMLP P-001490 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë (as 'Acton Bell') · Thomas Cautley Newby · 1848

The UK Newby 1848 three-decker is the true first. Presence or absence of Anne's preface distinguishes the second-edition state from the first issue. Sadleir considered it the scarcest of the Brontë sisters' first editions.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-001490 for "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Brontë (as 'Acton Bell') (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-001490, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).