NMLP P-035182 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09
Esther Waters
George Moore · Walter Scott, Ltd. (London) · 1894
No American edition appeared in 1894: Moore's preface recounts that the novel was declined by three American publishers, and the first American edition did not appear until 1899 (Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago), by which time Moore had revised the text; no US printing has priority over the 1894 Walter Scott London edition.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-035182 for "Esther Waters" by George Moore (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035182, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).