# Is "Close Range: Wyoming Stories (contains "Brokeback Mountain")" by Annie Proulx a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Close Range: Wyoming Stories (contains "Brokeback Mountain") by Annie Proulx (Scribner, 1999) is identified by: First printing with the Scribner number line and no later-printing statement; quarter black cloth over green paper boards; dust jacket bearing the printed price, unclipped. US Scribner's is the true first book appearance of the collection; the separate 2005 stand-alone "Brokeback Mountain" booklet (a movie tie-in) is a later "first thus," not the first appearance.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing with the Scribner number line and no later-printing statement; quarter black cloth over green paper boards; dust jacket bearing the printed price, unclipped
- Contains the first book appearance of "Brokeback Mountain" (which first appeared in The New Yorker, October 1997)
- The first edition is illustrated with six full-page color paintings by William Matthews not present in later printings
- Byline "Annie Proulx" (the "E." dropped beginning with this title)
- Publisher imprint reads Scribner
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Annie Proulx |
| Publisher | Scribner |
| Year | 1999 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing with the Scribner number line and no later-printing statement; quarter black cloth over green paper boards; dust jacket… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First printing with the Scribner number line and no later-printing statement; quarter black cloth over green paper boards; dust jacket bearing the printed price, unclipped. Contains the first book appearance of "Brokeback Mountain" (which first appeared in The New Yorker, October 1997). The first edition is illustrated with six full-page color paintings by William Matthews not present in later printings. Byline "Annie Proulx" (the "E." dropped beginning with this title).

## Is this the true first?
US Scribner's is the true first book appearance of the collection; the separate 2005 stand-alone "Brokeback Mountain" booklet (a movie tie-in) is a later "first thus," not the first appearance.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book-of-the-Month Club editions are smaller, lack the number line, are blind-stamped, and have no printed price on the jacket. The 2005 Scribner stand-alone Brokeback Mountain is a distinct, later issue.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Close Range: Wyoming Stories (contains "Brokeback Mountain")* by Annie Proulx a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/close-range-wyoming-stories-contains-brokeback-mountain
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.