# Is "A Further Range" by Robert Frost a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of A Further Range by Robert Frost (Henry Holt, 1936) is identified by: Issued as a trade first edition and as a signed limited of 803 numbered copies, signed by Frost, printed at the Spiral Press and issued roughly nine days ahead of the trade edition. US Holt, 1936.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Issued as a trade first edition and as a signed limited of 803 numbered copies, signed by Frost, printed at the Spiral Press and issued roughly nine days ahead of the trade edition
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- Distinguish the trade Holt first from the Book-of-the-Month Club printing
- Publisher imprint reads Henry Holt
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Frost |
| Publisher | Henry Holt |
| Year | 1936 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Issued as a trade first edition and as a signed limited of 803 numbered copies, signed by… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Issued as a trade first edition and as a signed limited of 803 numbered copies, signed by Frost, printed at the Spiral Press and issued roughly nine days ahead of the trade edition. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1937). Distinguish the trade Holt first from the Book-of-the-Month Club printing.

## Is this the true first?
US Holt, 1936. The signed limited of 803 copies is the premium; the BOMC edition is not the first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
A Book-of-the-Month Club edition exists and is not the true first; typical club points include absence of a price on the jacket flap and a blind stamp (small indentation) on the rear board.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *A Further Range* by Robert Frost a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/a-further-range
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.