# Is "No Nature: New and Selected Poems" by Gary Snyder a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of No Nature: New and Selected Poems by Gary Snyder (Pantheon Books, 1992) is identified by: Pantheon Books (Random House), 1992. Trade first is the 1992 Pantheon hardcover; on this Random House-family imprint the copyright-page number line is the arbiter of printing.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Pantheon Books (Random House), 1992
- Quarter brown cloth over blue paper boards, gilt lettering, in dust jacket
- First printing indicated by the number line reading down to 1 on the copyright page together with the stated First Edition; a line beginning at 2 denotes a later printing
- First-issue jacket carries a printed price at the front flap
- Publisher imprint reads Pantheon Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gary Snyder |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books |
| Year | 1992 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Pantheon Books (Random House), 1992 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Pantheon Books (Random House), 1992. Quarter brown cloth over blue paper boards, gilt lettering, in dust jacket. First printing indicated by the number line reading down to 1 on the copyright page together with the stated First Edition; a line beginning at 2 denotes a later printing. First-issue jacket carries a printed price at the front flap.

## Is this the true first?
Trade first is the 1992 Pantheon hardcover; on this Random House-family imprint the copyright-page number line is the arbiter of printing.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *No Nature: New and Selected Poems* by Gary Snyder a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/no-nature-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.