NMLP P-031149 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy · Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. · 1896

The Osgood, McIlvaine edition (title page dated 1896, published November 1895) is the first English book edition. A Harper American edition appeared at nearly the same time following serialization in Harper's Magazine; precedence between the two is debated, so confidence on which strictly precedes should remain modest.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-031149 for "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-031149, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).