# Is "Street Cop" by Robert Coover a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Street Cop by Robert Coover (Isolarii, 2021) is identified by: First Isolarii edition, a deliberately tiny pocket-format softcover (roughly seven by the printed priceimeters), illustrated throughout by Art Spiegelman. True first edition is the 2021 Isolarii printing.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First Isolarii edition, a deliberately tiny pocket-format softcover (roughly seven by the printed priceimeters), illustrated throughout by Art Spiegelman
- As a small-press subscription-style art object it does not carry a conventional publisher number line, so identification rests on the Isolarii imprint, the 2021 date, the Spiegelman illustrations, and the matching ISBN rather than on a number line
- Publisher imprint reads Isolarii
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Coover |
| Publisher | Isolarii |
| Year | 2021 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First Isolarii edition, a deliberately tiny pocket-format softcover (roughly seven by the printed priceimeters), illustrated throughout by… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First Isolarii edition, a deliberately tiny pocket-format softcover (roughly seven by the printed priceimeters), illustrated throughout by Art Spiegelman. As a small-press subscription-style art object it does not carry a conventional publisher number line, so identification rests on the Isolarii imprint, the 2021 date, the Spiegelman illustrations, and the matching ISBN rather than on a number line.

## Is this the true first?
True first edition is the 2021 Isolarii printing.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Street Cop* by Robert Coover a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/street-cop
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.