# Is "A Range of Poems" by Gary Snyder a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of A Range of Poems by Gary Snyder (Fulcrum Press, 1966) is identified by: First UK edition, London, bound in chocolate-brown cloth with a plain brown paper dust jacket printed in black; the title page states First Edition March 1966. UK Fulcrum Press first edition (March 1966); no simultaneous or precedent American edition of this collection.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First UK edition, London, bound in chocolate-brown cloth with a plain brown paper dust jacket printed in black; the title page states First Edition March 1966
- Photographic frontispiece of the author; a tipped-in errata slip is present on the last leaf
- Roughly 500 copies of the first issue were printed
- This collected volume gathers Riprap, Cold Mountain, and Myths & Texts with early selections and had no American counterpart
- Publisher imprint reads Fulcrum Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gary Snyder |
| Publisher | Fulcrum Press |
| Year | 1966 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First UK edition, London, bound in chocolate-brown cloth with a plain brown paper dust… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First UK edition, London, bound in chocolate-brown cloth with a plain brown paper dust jacket printed in black; the title page states First Edition March 1966. Photographic frontispiece of the author; a tipped-in errata slip is present on the last leaf. Roughly 500 copies of the first issue were printed. This collected volume gathers Riprap, Cold Mountain, and Myths & Texts with early selections and had no American counterpart.

## Is this the true first?
UK Fulcrum Press first edition (March 1966); no simultaneous or precedent American edition of this collection.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *A Range of Poems* by Gary Snyder a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/a-range-of-poems
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.