NMLP P-022922 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
Norman Maclean · University of Chicago Press · 1976
True first US edition, and Maclean's first book — also the first work of fiction ever published by the University of Chicago Press. Of about 5,000 copies printed, the first state comprises the first 3,000 bound; the second state is the remaining 2,000 bound after the first sold out. The 'adways' typo is present in the first state. No prior UK edition predates it.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-022922 for "A River Runs Through It and Other Stories" by Norman Maclean (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022922, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).