# Is "Time and Materials" by Robert Hass a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco / HarperCollins, 2007) is identified by: Won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the 2007 National Book Award for Poetry. The US Ecco edition (2007) is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- 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
- Publisher imprint reads Ecco / HarperCollins
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Hass |
| Publisher | Ecco / HarperCollins |
| Year | 2007 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | Won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the 2007 National Book Award for Poetry |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## 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.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Time and Materials* by Robert Hass a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/time-and-materials
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.