# Is "The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994" by Jorie Graham a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994 by Jorie Graham (The Ecco Press, 1995) is identified by: Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. US Ecco edition (1995) is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- The first edition was published by Ecco (Hopewell, New Jersey) in 1995 in quarter cloth over boards with a pictorial dust jacket designed by Michael Ian Kaye
- First printings carry the Ecco first-edition statement with an unadvanced number line and the original unclipped jacket
- Publisher imprint reads The Ecco Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jorie Graham |
| Publisher | The Ecco Press |
| Year | 1995 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The first edition was published by Ecco (Hopewell, New Jersey) in 1995 in quarter cloth over boards with a pictorial dust jacket designed by Michael Ian Kaye. First printings carry the Ecco first-edition statement with an unadvanced number line and the original unclipped jacket.

## Is this the true first?
US Ecco edition (1995) is the true first. Carcanet issued the first British edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club issue; on the genuine first printing the number line is intact and unadvanced.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994* by Jorie Graham a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-dream-of-the-unified-field-selected-poems-1974-1994
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.