Kristin Lavransdatter (Kransen / Husfrue / Korset)

The true first is the Norwegian-language original from H. Aschehoug & Co., Kristiania: Kransen (1920), Husfrue (1921), Korset (1922) — this is what serious collectors pursue. The first English-language edition was translated by Charles Archer and J. S. Scott (Scott collaborating only on the first volume) and published in the U.S. by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, in three volumes: The Bridal Wreath (Knopf, 1923; copyright "1923, by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc." per the transcribed title/copyright page), The Mistress of Husaby (1925), and The Cross (1927). The 1923 Knopf The Bridal Wreath is the first English printing of the trilogy's opening volume; British/one-volume and later Knopf issues followed in the 1920s–the printed price, so the New York Knopf volumes precede them.