# Is "Mindfield: New and Selected Poems" by Gregory Corso a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Mindfield: New and Selected Poems by Gregory Corso (Thunder's Mouth Press, 1989) is identified by: Issued in hardcover (quarter cloth over paper boards) in dust jacket and also in wrappers; a signed limited edition of 250 copies was also produced. True first is the 1989 Thunder's Mouth Press issue; hardcover ISBN 0938410857, wrappers ISBN 0938410865.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, 1989
- Issued in hardcover (quarter cloth over paper boards) in dust jacket and also in wrappers; a signed limited edition of 250 copies was also produced
- Forewords by Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs; drawings by the author
- Publisher imprint reads Thunder's Mouth Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gregory Corso |
| Publisher | Thunder's Mouth Press |
| Year | 1989 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, 1989 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First edition, 1989. Issued in hardcover (quarter cloth over paper boards) in dust jacket and also in wrappers; a signed limited edition of 250 copies was also produced. Forewords by Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs; drawings by the author.

## Is this the true first?
True first is the 1989 Thunder's Mouth Press issue; hardcover ISBN 0938410857, wrappers ISBN 0938410865.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Mindfield: New and Selected Poems* by Gregory Corso a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/mindfield-new-and-selected-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 2026-07-03.