# Is "The Coast of Utopia (Voyage; Shipwreck; Salvage)" by Tom Stoppard a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Coast of Utopia (Voyage; Shipwreck; Salvage) by Tom Stoppard (Faber and Faber, 2002) is identified by: Faber and Faber, London, 2002. UK Faber first, preceding the US Grove Press edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Faber and Faber, London, 2002
- The first edition of the complete trilogy was issued as a three-volume HARDCOVER set bound in black cloth with spines lettered in yellow, in pictorial dust jackets reproducing Aivazovsky's Storm on Cape Aya (Voyage purple, Shipwreck brown, Salvage tan)
- Individual playscripts were also issued in wrappers; the collected trilogy set is the hardback
- Confirm the Faber imprint and 2002 dating
- Publisher imprint reads Faber and Faber
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Tom Stoppard |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Year | 2002 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Faber and Faber, London, 2002 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Faber and Faber, London, 2002. The first edition of the complete trilogy was issued as a three-volume HARDCOVER set bound in black cloth with spines lettered in yellow, in pictorial dust jackets reproducing Aivazovsky's Storm on Cape Aya (Voyage purple, Shipwreck brown, Salvage tan). Individual playscripts were also issued in wrappers; the collected trilogy set is the hardback. Confirm the Faber imprint and 2002 dating.

## Is this the true first?
UK Faber first, preceding the US Grove Press edition. Tony Award winner (Best Play, 2007).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition traced for this title.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Coast of Utopia (Voyage; Shipwreck; Salvage)* by Tom Stoppard a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-coast-of-utopia-voyage-shipwreck-salvage
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.