Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Terra cotta cloth, stamped in green and pale grey, olive green topstain. Stated first edition. PO info to ffep, glue darkened at eps. Very slight soil or foxing to boards, slight shelfwear to board edges. Sound binding, clean slightly toned pages. The DJ in mylar with $2.50 price intact is sunned at spine, toned, with small dampstain to back panel and chip to spine head. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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This is the first collection of Welty’s stories, originally published in 1941. It includes such classics as “A Worn Path,” “Petrified Man,” “Why I Live at the P.O.,” and “Death of a Traveling Salesman.” The historic Introduction by Katherine Anne Porter brought Welty to the attention of the american reading public.

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Bookseller: curtis paul books inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 19725
Title: A Curtain of Green
Author: Welty, Eudora
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.
Place of Publication: Garden City, N. Y.
Date Published: 1941

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