# Is "Stag's Leap" by Sharon Olds a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds (Alfred A. Knopf, 2012) is identified by: Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. US Knopf (2012) is the true first; the UK Jonathan Cape edition (2013) is the first English (British) printing.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize
- The Knopf first edition (New York, 2012, ISBN 978-0-375-71225-8) is a clothbound hardcover with dust jacket designed by Chip Kidd; per Knopf practice the copyright page states 'FIRST EDITION' accompanied by the Borzoi colophon
- Later printings remove the 'FIRST EDITION' line
- Publisher imprint reads Alfred A. Knopf
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Sharon Olds |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year | 2012 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize. The Knopf first edition (New York, 2012, ISBN 978-0-375-71225-8) is a clothbound hardcover with dust jacket designed by Chip Kidd; per Knopf practice the copyright page states 'FIRST EDITION' accompanied by the Borzoi colophon. Later printings remove the 'FIRST EDITION' line.

## Is this the true first?
US Knopf (2012) is the true first; the UK Jonathan Cape edition (2013) is the first English (British) printing.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition; later printings drop the 'FIRST EDITION' statement.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Stag's Leap* by Sharon Olds a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/stags-leap
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.