# Is "Erosion" by Jorie Graham a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Erosion by Jorie Graham (Princeton University Press, 1983) is identified by: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. US Princeton true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets
- Issued simultaneously in cloth and in wrappers
- Cloth issue: ISBN 0691065705 (ISBN-13 9780691065700), bound in cloth (black or light gray, no established priority) with dust jacket
- Wrappers issue: ISBN 0691014051 (ISBN-13 9780691014050)
- The cloth-in-jacket copy is the collector's preferred form
- Publisher imprint reads Princeton University Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jorie Graham |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year | 1983 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Issued simultaneously in cloth and in wrappers. Cloth issue: ISBN 0691065705 (ISBN-13 9780691065700), bound in cloth (black or light gray, no established priority) with dust jacket. Wrappers issue: ISBN 0691014051 (ISBN-13 9780691014050). The cloth-in-jacket copy is the collector's preferred form.

## Is this the true first?
US Princeton true first. Graham's second collection. The cloth and wrappers were issued simultaneously, so both are true-first issues; cloth is generally preferred.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings in the series add a printing statement; the softcover is a simultaneous true-first issue but secondary to cloth.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Erosion* by Jorie Graham a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/erosion
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.