# Is "Walking to Martha's Vineyard" by Franz Wright a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Walking to Martha's Vineyard by Franz Wright (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003) is identified by: Won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The US Knopf 2003 hardcover is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- The first edition was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2003 as a clothbound hardcover (ISBN 0375415181), with the Borzoi device and the publisher's first-edition conventions on the copyright page; issued with dust jacket
- Publisher imprint reads Alfred A. Knopf
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Franz Wright |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year | 2003 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Poetry |
| Key point | Won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The first edition was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2003 as a clothbound hardcover (ISBN 0375415181), with the Borzoi device and the publisher's first-edition conventions on the copyright page; issued with dust jacket.

## Is this the true first?
The US Knopf 2003 hardcover is the true first.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Walking to Martha's Vineyard* by Franz Wright a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/walking-to-marthas-vineyard
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.