# Is "Questions of Travel" by Elizabeth Bishop a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Questions of Travel by Elizabeth Bishop (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965) is identified by: FSG first edition, so stated on the copyright page with no additional printings indicated. US true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- FSG first edition, so stated on the copyright page with no additional printings indicated
- Blue cloth, spine lettering, 95 pp., octavo; dust jacket
- Contains the title poem 'Questions of Travel' and the Brazil poems
- Publisher imprint reads Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Elizabeth Bishop |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Year | 1965 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | FSG first edition, so stated on the copyright page with no additional printings indicated |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
FSG first edition, so stated on the copyright page with no additional printings indicated. Blue cloth, spine lettering, 95 pp., octavo; dust jacket. Contains the title poem 'Questions of Travel' and the Brazil poems.

## Is this the true first?
US true first. FSG became Bishop's American publisher; this collection precedes any UK appearance of these poems (the Chatto & Windus Selected Poems came later, in 1967).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition of note; later FSG printings carry a printing statement.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Questions of Travel* by Elizabeth Bishop a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/questions-of-travel
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.