# Is "For Love: Poems 1950–1960" by Robert Creeley a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of For Love: Poems 1950–1960 by Robert Creeley (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962) is identified by: Scribner's first edition, 1962, with the Scribner 'A' on the copyright page marking the first printing; cloth in priced dust jacket. US true first; the Scribner 'A' is the first-printing point.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Scribner's first edition, 1962, with the Scribner 'A' on the copyright page marking the first printing; cloth in priced dust jacket
- Creeley's breakthrough Black Mountain collection and a National Book Award finalist
- Publisher imprint reads Charles Scribner's Sons
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Creeley |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons |
| Year | 1962 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | Scribner's first edition, 1962, with the Scribner 'A' on the copyright page marking the first printing; cloth in priced dust jacket |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Scribner's first edition, 1962, with the Scribner 'A' on the copyright page marking the first printing; cloth in priced dust jacket. Creeley's breakthrough Black Mountain collection and a National Book Award finalist.

## Is this the true first?
US true first; the Scribner 'A' is the first-printing point. Signed copies are desirable.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition. Later printings lack the Scribner 'A'.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *For Love: Poems 1950–1960* by Robert Creeley a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/for-love-poems-1950-1960
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.