# Is "Loba: Part I" by Diane di Prima a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Loba: Part I by Diane di Prima (Capra Press, 1973) is identified by: Chapbook/wrappers, first part of the long poem, published by Noel Young's Capra Press in Santa Barbara (in collaboration with Robert Durand's Yes!. True first of the early Loba is the 1973 Capra Press chapbook, not Wingbow; note the later expanded collected editions.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Chapbook/wrappers, first part of the long poem, published by Noel Young's Capra Press in Santa Barbara (in collaboration with Robert Durand's Yes! Press), with illustrations by Josie Grant
- First printing carries no statement of later printings
- Wingbow Press later issued the collected Loba: Parts I-VIII
- Penguin further expanded it
- Publisher imprint reads Capra Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Diane di Prima |
| Publisher | Capra Press |
| Year | 1973 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Chapbook/wrappers, first part of the long poem, published by Noel Young's Capra Press in… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Chapbook/wrappers, first part of the long poem, published by Noel Young's Capra Press in Santa Barbara (in collaboration with Robert Durand's Yes! Press), with illustrations by Josie Grant. First printing carries no statement of later printings. Wingbow Press later issued the collected Loba: Parts I-VIII (1978); Penguin further expanded it (1998).

## Is this the true first?
True first of the early Loba is the 1973 Capra Press chapbook, not Wingbow; note the later expanded collected editions.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Loba: Part I* by Diane di Prima a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/loba-part-i
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.