NMLP P-035405 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09

The Princess and Curdie

George MacDonald · Chatto and Windus (London) · 1883

MacDonald's British publisher, Chatto and Windus, holds priority; the J. B. Lippincott (Philadelphia) edition issued the same year is catalogued by dealers as the 'first American edition' rather than the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-035405 for "The Princess and Curdie" by George MacDonald (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035405, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).