WELTY, Eudora. A Curtain of Green. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1943.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First English edition. Introduction by Katherine Anne Porter. Slightly sunned at the spine ends, else near fine in rubbed very good dust jacket with modest loss near the crown. Warmly Inscribed by Welty: "For George Bixby with pleasure, and my thanks, from Eudora Welty. June 5, 1970." The recipient, George Bixby, published Welty's essays *A Pageant of Birds* and *A Sweet Devouring* at his Albondocani Press series. This is a nicer than usual copy of this cheaply manufactured wartime volume, the author's first commercially published book, a collection of stories. Signed copies are very uncommon.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.