NMLP P-032852 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Ox-Bow Incident

Walter Van Tilburg Clark · Random House · 1940

The US Random House 1940 trade edition is the true first. Do not confuse it with the later Modern Library edition (running-torchbearer colophon), which is a separate first-thus reprint.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032852 for "The Ox-Bow Incident" by Walter Van Tilburg Clark (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032852, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).