Firstborn

The census claim is confirmed. The New American Library, New York, 1968 is the true first edition of Glück's debut. The first English (UK) edition followed from Anvil Press Poetry in 1969 (London/Northwood, Middlesex), issued in wrappers with a cover photograph by Charlez Hertz, 53 pp.; Anvil also issued a signed limited state of 50 numbered copies in red cloth, signed by Glück. Both editions are collected: the NAL 1968 as the true first, the Anvil 1969 as the first UK — and the Anvil signed limited of 50 is the scarcest state of the title. Do not let the red cloth of the Anvil limited be mistaken for a variant American binding.