# Is "The Stories of Eva Luna" by Isabel Allende a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende (Atheneum, 1991) is identified by: US Atheneum 1991 hardcover, stated First American Edition on the copyright page; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. First English translation of Cuentos de Eva Luna (1989), a story collection.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US Atheneum 1991 hardcover, stated First American Edition on the copyright page; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden
- The first-issue dust jacket carries the jacket illustration by Alicia Czechowski and should retain its printed price
- Publisher imprint reads Atheneum
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Isabel Allende |
| Publisher | Atheneum |
| Year | 1991 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US Atheneum 1991 hardcover, stated First American Edition on the copyright page… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
US Atheneum 1991 hardcover, stated First American Edition on the copyright page; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. The first-issue dust jacket carries the jacket illustration by Alicia Czechowski and should retain its printed price.

## Is this the true first?
First English translation of Cuentos de Eva Luna (1989), a story collection. Note the US publisher for this title was Atheneum, distinct from the HarperCollins/other imprints used for adjacent Allende titles.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
A separate book-club printing exists, but no distinctive blind-stamp point could be verified; identify the trade first by the Atheneum imprint and the stated First American Edition, and by the presence of the printed price on the Czechowski-illustrated jacket.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Stories of Eva Luna* by Isabel Allende a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-stories-of-eva-luna
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.