# Is "The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanities" by Stephen Jay Gould a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanities by Stephen Jay Gould (Harmony Books, 2003) is identified by: Harmony Books, New York, 2003; first edition, first printing with number line ending in 1; priced dust jacket. US true first, Harmony Books; published posthumously (Gould died in 2002).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Harmony Books, New York, 2003; first edition, first printing with number line ending in 1; priced dust jacket
- Posthumous; xiv plus 274 pages, white boards backed in red cloth with silver spine lettering
- ISBN 0609601407
- Publisher imprint reads Harmony Books
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Stephen Jay Gould |
| Publisher | Harmony Books |
| Year | 2003 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Harmony Books, New York, 2003; first edition, first printing with number line ending in… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Harmony Books, New York, 2003; first edition, first printing with number line ending in 1; priced dust jacket. Posthumous; xiv plus 274 pages, white boards backed in red cloth with silver spine lettering. ISBN 0609601407.

## Is this the true first?
US true first, Harmony Books; published posthumously (Gould died in 2002).

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanities* by Stephen Jay Gould a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-hedgehog-the-fox-and-the-magisters-pox-mending-the-gap-b
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.