The points of issue
Won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the 2007 National Book Award for Poetry. Full title Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005. The first edition was published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, in 2007 (ISBN 9780061349607), with the publisher's first-edition conventions on the copyright page; issued in paper-covered boards with dust jacket.
Is this the true first?
The US Ecco edition (2007) is the true first.
Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition.
Frequently asked questions
Is my copy of Time and Materials a first edition?
Look for these first-edition points: Won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the 2007 National Book Award for Poetry. Full title Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005. The first edition was published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, in 2007 (ISBN 9780061349607), with the publisher's first-edition conventions on the copyright page; issued in paper-covered boards with dust jacket.
How do I tell the first printing from a later one?
Check the copyright page for the publisher's first-printing convention and confirm the points above. The US Ecco edition (2007) is the true first.
Is the book-club edition the same as the first?
No book club edition.
I have a first edition of Time and Materials — what should I do?
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