# Is "A Personal Anthology" by Jorge Luis Borges a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of A Personal Anthology by Jorge Luis Borges (Grove Press, 1967) is identified by: Grove Press, New York, 1967; first English-language edition, edited with a foreword by Anthony Kerrigan. First English-language edition of Antología personal (Buenos Aires, 1961).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Grove Press, New York, 1967; first English-language edition, edited with a foreword by Anthony Kerrigan
- Octavo, bound in grey cloth lettered in black on the spine, and issued in the original pictorial dust jacket which should retain the printed price on the front flap
- Publisher imprint reads Grove Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jorge Luis Borges |
| Publisher | Grove Press |
| Year | 1967 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Grove Press, New York, 1967; first English-language edition, edited with a foreword by… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Grove Press, New York, 1967; first English-language edition, edited with a foreword by Anthony Kerrigan. Octavo, bound in grey cloth lettered in black on the spine, and issued in the original pictorial dust jacket which should retain the printed price on the front flap.

## Is this the true first?
First English-language edition of Antología personal (Buenos Aires, 1961). Grove's 1967 printing has precedence over the Jonathan Cape UK edition (1967/1968).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The Grove Evergreen paperback is a later reprint, distinguished from the hardcover first by its wrappers and later printing data.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *A Personal Anthology* by Jorge Luis Borges a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/a-personal-anthology
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.