# Is "The Collected Poems of Marianne Moore" by Marianne Moore a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Collected Poems of Marianne Moore by Marianne Moore (Macmillan, 1951) is identified by: Won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award. Publication is genuinely tangled: the sheets of the first American edition were printed in England and shipped over.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award
- First American printing: Macmillan, 1951, in dust jacket; introduction by T. S. Eliot
- The Bollingen Prize was awarded to Moore in 1953 as a career honor, not specifically for this book
- Publisher imprint reads Macmillan
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Marianne Moore |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
| Year | 1951 |
| True first | American edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | Won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award. First American printing: Macmillan, 1951, in dust jacket; introduction by T. S. Eliot. The Bollingen Prize was awarded to Moore in 1953 as a career honor, not specifically for this book.

## Is this the true first?
Publication is genuinely tangled: the sheets of the first American edition were printed in England and shipped over. The Faber (London) edition was published September 14, 1951, ahead of the American-printed Macmillan copies issued December 17, 1951. Catalogue both honestly rather than asserting a single clean true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club. The Faber London issue is distinguished by its imprint.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Collected Poems of Marianne Moore* by Marianne Moore a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-collected-poems-of-marianne-moore
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.