NMLP P-033357 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Modern Instance

William Dean Howells · James R. Osgood & Co. (Boston) · 1882

US true first, 1882, James R. Osgood & Co., Boston. A separate English (David Douglas, Edinburgh) edition exists; the Boston Osgood is the recognized first and standard first edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033357 for "A Modern Instance" by William Dean Howells (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033357, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).