# Is "Selected Poems" by Conrad Aiken a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Selected Poems by Conrad Aiken (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929) is identified by: Won the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. US Charles Scribner's Sons (1929) is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Won the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- First printing: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929, in dust jacket
- For a 1929 Scribner's book the first-printing indication is the matching date on the title and copyright pages with no notice of a later printing, accompanied by the Scribner seal
- Publisher imprint reads Charles Scribner's Sons
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Conrad Aiken |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons |
| Year | 1929 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | Won the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Won the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. First printing: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929, in dust jacket. For a 1929 Scribner's book the first-printing indication is the matching date on the title and copyright pages with no notice of a later printing, accompanied by the Scribner seal.

## Is this the true first?
US Charles Scribner's Sons (1929) is the true first.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Selected Poems* by Conrad Aiken a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/selected-poems-conrad-aiken
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.