# Is "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" by Marjane Satrapi a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (L'Association, 2000 (French) / 2003 (English)) is identified by: French true first: Persepolis tome 1, L'Association, Collection Ciboulette, Paris, 2000, softcover, 76 pp., ISBN 2-84414-058-6 (9782844140586). True first is the French L'Association edition (Persepolis tome 1, 2000), first of four French volumes issued 2000 to 2003.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- French true first: Persepolis tome 1, L'Association, Collection Ciboulette, Paris, 2000, softcover, 76 pp., ISBN 2-84414-058-6
- English first: Pantheon Books, New York, 2003, hardcover in jacket, 153 pp., translated by Mattias Ripa and Blake Ferris, ISBN 0-375-42230-7
- first-printing copies carry the Pantheon copyright-page printing line with no later-printing statement
- Correct publisher/imprint: L'Association

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Marjane Satrapi |
| Publisher | L'Association |
| Year | 2000 (French) / 2003 (English) |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | French true first: Persepolis tome 1, L'Association, Collection Ciboulette, Paris, 2000, softcover, 76 pp., ISBN 2-84414-058-6 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
French true first: Persepolis tome 1, L'Association, Collection Ciboulette, Paris, 2000, softcover, 76 pp., ISBN 2-84414-058-6 (9782844140586). English first: Pantheon Books, New York, 2003, hardcover in jacket, 153 pp., translated by Mattias Ripa and Blake Ferris, ISBN 0-375-42230-7 (9780375422300); first-printing copies carry the Pantheon copyright-page printing line with no later-printing statement.

## Is this the true first?
True first is the French L'Association edition (Persepolis tome 1, 2000), first of four French volumes issued 2000 to 2003. The 2003 Pantheon is the first English and first US edition, and it combines French volumes 1 and 2 into a single 153-page book. Collectors separate the French original-language true first from the 2003 Pantheon first English.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition. The mass-market trap is The Complete Persepolis (2007, single-volume softcover) and later movie tie-ins, all well after the 2000 French and 2003 English firsts. Verify the L'Association Ciboulette imprint for the French first, or the 2003 Pantheon copyright page for the English first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood* by Marjane Satrapi a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/persepolis-the-story-of-a-childhood
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.