NMLP P-033061 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins · Tinsley Brothers · 1868

The UK Tinsley Brothers 1868 three-volume edition is the true first, often cited as the first detective novel in English. The Harper US 1868 edition is secondary. The textual states (transposed pages in Vol. I, the 'treachesrouly' misprint in Vol. II at p.129, and the broken bracket on the Vol. III title) are the recognized points.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033061 for "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033061, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).