NMLP P-031107 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Waking: Poems 1933–1953

Theodore Roethke · Doubleday · 1953

US true first and a 'first thus' selected/new poems gathering; Pulitzer winner. Some jackets carry a Pulitzer Prize Winner sticker, which postdates the award and does not affect first-printing status.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-031107 for "The Waking: Poems 1933–1953" by Theodore Roethke (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-031107, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).