# Is "The Man with the Blue Guitar & Other Poems" by Wallace Stevens a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Man with the Blue Guitar & Other Poems by Wallace Stevens (Alfred A. Knopf, 1937) is identified by: First edition, one of 1,000 copies, Knopf 1937 with the Borzoi colophon and no later-printing statement. The US Knopf edition is the true first; there is no prior UK edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, one of 1,000 copies, Knopf 1937 with the Borzoi colophon and no later-printing statement
- The principal point of issue is in the dust jacket: the first-issue jacket carries the error 'conjunctioning' on the front flap, which Knopf reset to 'conjunctions' for the second-issue jacket at Stevens's insistence; the first-issue jacket is markedly scarcer
- Publisher imprint reads Alfred A. Knopf
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Wallace Stevens |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year | 1937 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | First edition, one of 1,000 copies, Knopf 1937 with the Borzoi colophon and no later-printing statement |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First edition, one of 1,000 copies, Knopf 1937 with the Borzoi colophon and no later-printing statement. The principal point of issue is in the dust jacket: the first-issue jacket carries the error 'conjunctioning' on the front flap, which Knopf reset to 'conjunctions' for the second-issue jacket at Stevens's insistence; the first-issue jacket is markedly scarcer.

## Is this the true first?
The US Knopf edition is the true first; there is no prior UK edition.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition. Later printings carry an added printing statement on the copyright page.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Man with the Blue Guitar & Other Poems* by Wallace Stevens a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-man-with-the-blue-guitar-other-poems
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.