# Is "The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787" by Gordon S. Wood a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 by Gordon S. Wood (University of North Carolina Press, 1969) is identified by: Cloth; published by the University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill) for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1969, with first-printing indicia on the copyright page and no later-printing statement. University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill), for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, issued the true first in 1969.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Cloth; published by the University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill) for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1969, with first-printing indicia on the copyright page and no later-printing statement
- The dust jacket is priced
- Publisher imprint reads University of North Carolina Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gordon S. Wood |
| Publisher | University of North Carolina Press |
| Year | 1969 |
| True first | American edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Cloth; published by the University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill) for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1969… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Cloth; published by the University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill) for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1969, with first-printing indicia on the copyright page and no later-printing statement. The dust jacket is priced.

## Is this the true first?
University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill), for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, issued the true first in 1969. Won the Bancroft Prize in 1970.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Academic-press title with no book-club variant; identify the first by the 1969 date and absence of any later-printing statement.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787* by Gordon S. Wood a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-creation-of-the-american-republic-1776-1787
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.