# Is "No Voyage and Other Poems" by Mary Oliver a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of No Voyage and Other Poems by Mary Oliver (J.M. Dent & Sons, 1963) is identified by: True first is the UK Dent edition of 1963, issued in cloth with dust jacket. The UK Dent (1963) precedes the US Houghton Mifflin (1965) by two years; the US edition is enlarged.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Oliver's first book
- True first is the UK Dent edition of 1963, issued in cloth with dust jacket
- The later US edition (Houghton Mifflin, 1965) is expanded, adding poems not present in the Dent printing, so the two collate differently
- Publisher imprint reads J.M. Dent & Sons
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Mary Oliver |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Sons |
| Year | 1963 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Oliver's first book |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Oliver's first book. True first is the UK Dent edition of 1963, issued in cloth with dust jacket. The later US edition (Houghton Mifflin, 1965) is expanded, adding poems not present in the Dent printing, so the two collate differently.

## Is this the true first?
The UK Dent (1963) precedes the US Houghton Mifflin (1965) by two years; the US edition is enlarged. The scarce Dent is the true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition; confirm the 1963 J.M. Dent & Sons London imprint on the title and copyright pages.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *No Voyage and Other Poems* by Mary Oliver a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/no-voyage-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 2026-07-03.