# Is "Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream" by Kathy Acker a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream by Kathy Acker (Grove Press, 1986) is identified by: First US edition was issued as a Grove Press Evergreen trade-paperback original (wraps), priced on the back cover; 207 pages. True first is the 1986 Grove Press (New York) Evergreen trade-paperback original.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First US edition was issued as a Grove Press Evergreen trade-paperback original (wraps), priced on the back cover
- 207 pages
- A clothbound issue was announced but its existence as a published trade state is not reliably documented, so do not rely on a cloth point
- Publisher imprint reads Grove Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Kathy Acker |
| Publisher | Grove Press |
| Year | 1986 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First US edition was issued as a Grove Press Evergreen trade-paperback original (wraps), priced on the back cover |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First US edition was issued as a Grove Press Evergreen trade-paperback original (wraps), priced on the back cover; 207 pages. A clothbound issue was announced but its existence as a published trade state is not reliably documented, so do not rely on a cloth point.

## Is this the true first?
True first is the 1986 Grove Press (New York) Evergreen trade-paperback original. The UK Paladin (Grafton/Collins) edition was issued the same year.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
None notable.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream* by Kathy Acker a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/don-quixote-which-was-a-dream
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.