# Is "Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time" by Stephen Jay Gould a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time by Stephen Jay Gould (Harvard University Press, 1987) is identified by: Harvard University Press first printing with a number line ending in 1 and a price on the dust jacket. US true first (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Harvard University Press first printing with a number line ending in 1 and a price on the dust jacket
- Issued in the Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures series; derived from Gould's 1985 lectures at Hebrew University
- Publisher imprint reads Harvard University Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Stephen Jay Gould |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year | 1987 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Harvard University Press first printing with a number line ending in 1 and a price on the… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Harvard University Press first printing with a number line ending in 1 and a price on the dust jacket. Issued in the Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures series; derived from Gould's 1985 lectures at Hebrew University.

## Is this the true first?
US true first (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.).

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time* by Stephen Jay Gould a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/times-arrow-times-cycle-myth-and-metaphor-in-the-discovery-o
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