# Is "The Moon in Its Flight" by Gilbert Sorrentino a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Moon in Its Flight by Gilbert Sorrentino (Coffee House Press, 2004) is identified by: First Coffee House Press edition, 2004. True first is the 2004 Coffee House Press (Minneapolis) paperback original.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First Coffee House Press edition, 2004
- Trade paperback original (wraps), ISBN 1-56689-152-3, stated First Edition
- The author's first collected volume of short stories, gathering work spanning about thirty-five years
- Confirm via the Coffee House imprint on a priced first-printing wrappers copy
- Publisher imprint reads Coffee House Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Gilbert Sorrentino |
| Publisher | Coffee House Press |
| Year | 2004 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First Coffee House Press edition, 2004 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First Coffee House Press edition, 2004. Trade paperback original (wraps), ISBN 1-56689-152-3, stated First Edition. The author's first collected volume of short stories, gathering work spanning about thirty-five years. Confirm via the Coffee House imprint on a priced first-printing wrappers copy.

## Is this the true first?
True first is the 2004 Coffee House Press (Minneapolis) paperback original. No competing first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition of note.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Moon in Its Flight* by Gilbert Sorrentino a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-moon-in-its-flight
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.