NMLP P-033363 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Rise of Silas Lapham

William Dean Howells · Ticknor & Co. (Boston) · 1885

US true first, 1885, Ticknor & Co., Boston. A near-contemporaneous English edition (David Douglas, Edinburgh, two volumes, 1885) exists, but the Boston Ticknor is the recognized first and standard first edition.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033363 for "The Rise of Silas Lapham" by William Dean Howells (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033363, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).