# Is "Pomes All Sizes" by Jack Kerouac a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Pomes All Sizes by Jack Kerouac (City Lights Books, 1992) is identified by: First edition, first printing, published posthumously by City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1992, as Pocket Poets Series Number 48. The true first is the 1992 City Lights wrappered original.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first printing, published posthumously by City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1992, as Pocket Poets Series Number 48
- Printed card wrappers with cover painting by Ferlinghetti; no statement of later printing
- Preface by Allen Ginsberg
- Publisher imprint reads City Lights Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jack Kerouac |
| Publisher | City Lights Books |
| Year | 1992 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first printing, published posthumously by City Lights Books, San… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First edition, first printing, published posthumously by City Lights Books, San Francisco, 1992, as Pocket Poets Series Number 48. Printed card wrappers with cover painting by Ferlinghetti; no statement of later printing. Preface by Allen Ginsberg.

## Is this the true first?
The true first is the 1992 City Lights wrappered original.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Pomes All Sizes* by Jack Kerouac a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/pomes-all-sizes
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.