# Is "Poems 1909-1925" by T.S. Eliot a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Poems 1909-1925 by T.S. Eliot (Faber & Gwyer, 1925) is identified by: First collected edition, published 23 November 1925 under the Faber & Gwyer imprint (pre-Faber & Faber). UK Faber & Gwyer is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First collected edition, published 23 November 1925 under the Faber & Gwyer imprint (pre-Faber & Faber)
- Dark blue cloth with paper spine label, dust jacket, octavo
- Contains the first complete book appearance of 'The Hollow Men' (its earlier sections had appeared separately); also collects Prufrock and The Waste Land
- Publisher imprint reads Faber & Gwyer
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | T.S. Eliot |
| Publisher | Faber & Gwyer |
| Year | 1925 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First collected edition, published 23 November 1925 under the Faber & Gwyer imprint… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First collected edition, published 23 November 1925 under the Faber & Gwyer imprint (pre-Faber & Faber). Dark blue cloth with paper spine label, dust jacket, octavo. Contains the first complete book appearance of 'The Hollow Men' (its earlier sections had appeared separately); also collects Prufrock and The Waste Land.

## Is this the true first?
UK Faber & Gwyer is the true first. The volume marks the first appearance of 'The Hollow Men' in its complete five-part form.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Poems 1909-1925* by T.S. Eliot a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/poems-1909-1925
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.