# Is "Goblin Market and Other Poems" by Christina Rossetti a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti (Macmillan and Co., 1862) is identified by: Christina Rossetti's first commercially published volume of poetry, collating vii, 192pp plus a 16-page publisher's catalogue.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Christina Rossetti's first commercially published volume of poetry, collating vii, 192pp plus a 16-page publisher's catalogue
- Frontispiece and title-page illustrations were designed by her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who also designed the minimalist first-edition binding; ordinary trade copies are bound in blue cloth
- Contains "Goblin Market," "Up-hill," "The Convent Threshold," and "Maude Clare."
- Publisher imprint reads Macmillan and Co.
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Christina Rossetti |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Co. |
| Year | 1862 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | Christina Rossetti's first commercially published volume of poetry, collating vii, 192pp plus a 16-page publisher's catalogue |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Christina Rossetti's first commercially published volume of poetry, collating vii, 192pp plus a 16-page publisher's catalogue. Frontispiece and title-page illustrations were designed by her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who also designed the minimalist first-edition binding; ordinary trade copies are bound in blue cloth. Contains "Goblin Market," "Up-hill," "The Convent Threshold," and "Maude Clare."

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Numerous illustrated later editions of Goblin Market exist, notably a well-known 1893 edition illustrated by Laurence Housman; any edition naming an illustrator other than D. G. Rossetti, or dated after 1862, is not the first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Goblin Market and Other Poems* by Christina Rossetti a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/goblin-market-and-other-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 2026-07-04.