# Is "Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016" by Frank Bidart a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 by Frank Bidart (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2017) is identified by: First edition published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2017 (ISBN 9780374125950), with 'First edition, 2017' stated; issued in cloth with dust jacket. US Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2017) is the true first edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2017 (ISBN 9780374125950), with 'First edition, 2017' stated; issued in cloth with dust jacket
- Won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the 2017 National Book Award for Poetry
- Publisher imprint reads Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Frank Bidart |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
| Year | 2017 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | First edition published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2017 (ISBN 9780374125950), with 'First edition, 2017' stated; issued in cloth with… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First edition published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2017 (ISBN 9780374125950), with 'First edition, 2017' stated; issued in cloth with dust jacket. Won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the 2017 National Book Award for Poetry.

## Is this the true first?
US Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2017) is the true first edition.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016* by Frank Bidart a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/half-light-collected-poems-1965-2016
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.