# Is "A Curtain of Green" by Eudora Welty a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of A Curtain of Green by Eudora Welty (Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1941) is identified by: 'FIRST EDITION' stated on the copyright page; original orange cloth stamped in white and green; 285,[1] pp.; first-issue dust jacket unclipped at the printed price; introduction by Katherine Anne Porter. US Doubleday, Doran is the true first; full title 'A Curtain of Green and Other Stories.' Welty's first book, containing 'Death of a Traveling Salesman' and 'A Worn Path.'

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- 'FIRST EDITION' stated on the copyright page; original orange cloth stamped in white and green
- 285,[1] pp.; first-issue dust jacket unclipped at the printed price; introduction by Katherine Anne Porter
- Roughly 2,476 copies printed
- Welty's first book; full title 'A Curtain of Green and Other Stories.'
- Publisher imprint reads Doubleday, Doran & Company
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Eudora Welty |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company |
| Year | 1941 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | 'FIRST EDITION' stated on the copyright page; original orange cloth stamped in white and green |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
'FIRST EDITION' stated on the copyright page; original orange cloth stamped in white and green; 285,[1] pp.; first-issue dust jacket unclipped at the printed price; introduction by Katherine Anne Porter. Roughly 2,476 copies printed. Welty's first book; full title 'A Curtain of Green and Other Stories.'

## Is this the true first?
US Doubleday, Doran is the true first; full title 'A Curtain of Green and Other Stories.' Welty's first book, containing 'Death of a Traveling Salesman' and 'A Worn Path.'

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later states omit the stated 'First Edition'; confirm the orange cloth, the stated first on the copyright page, and the unclipped the printed price jacket.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *A Curtain of Green* by Eudora Welty a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/a-curtain-of-green
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.