# Is "Collected Poems 1909-1962" by T. S. Eliot a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Collected Poems 1909-1962 by T. S. Eliot (Faber & Faber, 1963) is identified by: Published by Faber & Faber in 1963 as a hardcover in dust jacket; the last collected volume of Eliot's poetry published in his lifetime. UK Faber & Faber (1963) and US Harcourt, Brace & World (1963) are near-concurrent firsts of this collected volume.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Published by Faber & Faber in 1963 as a hardcover in dust jacket; the last collected volume of Eliot's poetry published in his lifetime
- Gallup A74
- The first printing states first publication in 1963 with no later-printing line
- A near-concurrent US first was issued by Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, in 1963
- This is a 'first thus' collected volume gathering work first published earlier
- Publisher imprint reads Faber & Faber
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | T. S. Eliot |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year | 1963 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | Published by Faber & Faber in 1963 as a hardcover in dust jacket; the last collected volume of Eliot's poetry published in his lifetime |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Published by Faber & Faber in 1963 as a hardcover in dust jacket; the last collected volume of Eliot's poetry published in his lifetime. Gallup A74. The first printing states first publication in 1963 with no later-printing line. A near-concurrent US first was issued by Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, in 1963. This is a 'first thus' collected volume gathering work first published earlier.

## Is this the true first?
UK Faber & Faber (1963) and US Harcourt, Brace & World (1963) are near-concurrent firsts of this collected volume. The individual collections gathered here have their own earlier firsts (Prufrock and Other Observations 1917, Poems 1920, Ash-Wednesday 1930, Four Quartets 1943).

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Collected Poems 1909-1962* by T. S. Eliot a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/collected-poems-1909-1962
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.