The Axion Esti (Το Άξιον Εστί / To Axion Esti)

The true first edition is the original-language Greek Το Άξιον Εστί, published by Ikaros (Ίκαρος), Athens, imprint-dated December 1959 (physically distributed March 1960) — this is the copy serious collectors want; the first printing is commonly reported at 815 copies (attributed to Elytis's biography via Encyclopedia.com; treat as a stated figure rather than a bibliographically verified one). The first English-language edition is The Axion Esti, translated and annotated by Edmund Keeley and George Savidis, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA) in 1974 as an International Poetry Forum Selection, issued in both hardcover and paperback. English-speaking collectors should note the 1974 Pittsburgh printing is a distinct book from the 1959/1960 Greek first and does not substitute for it.