# Is "The Brunist Day of Wrath" by Robert Coover a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Brunist Day of Wrath by Robert Coover (Dzanc Books, 2014) is identified by: First Dzanc Books printing, a very large (roughly eleven-hundred-page) hardcover, with the number line present and a price on the dust jacket. True first edition is the 2014 Dzanc Books hardcover; a paperback followed in 2017.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First Dzanc Books printing, a very large (roughly eleven-hundred-page) hardcover, with the number line present and a price on the dust jacket
- Sequel to The Origin of the Brunists
- Publisher imprint reads Dzanc Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Coover |
| Publisher | Dzanc Books |
| Year | 2014 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First Dzanc Books printing, a very large (roughly eleven-hundred-page) hardcover, with the number line present and a price on the dust… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First Dzanc Books printing, a very large (roughly eleven-hundred-page) hardcover, with the number line present and a price on the dust jacket. Sequel to The Origin of the Brunists.

## Is this the true first?
True first edition is the 2014 Dzanc Books hardcover; a paperback followed in 2017.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Brunist Day of Wrath* by Robert Coover a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-brunist-day-of-wrath
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.