NMLP P-034680 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09

McTeague: A Story of San Francisco

Frank Norris · Doubleday & McClure Co. (New York) · 1899

The true first edition is the 1899 Doubleday & McClure Co. (New York) printing, first issue (page 106 ending in 'moment'). English publisher Grant Richards required Norris to rewrite a chapter 6 passage concerning the heroine's young brother before issuing the British edition, so the unrevised chapter 6 wording is unique to the American printing.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-034680 for "McTeague: A Story of San Francisco" by Frank Norris (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034680, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).