ALARCON, PEDRO ANTONIO DE

Tales from the Spanish

Allantown, PA: The Story Classics, 1948. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Jan Balet. Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt and black lettering and decoration on spine, gilt lettering on black panel on cover, top edge grey. Illustrated with 12 full-page B&W drawings by Jan Balet. The collection includes eight stories: "A Fine Haul!;" "The Nail;" "The Account Book;" "The Gypsy's Prophecy;" "Moors and Christians;" "The Cornet Player;" "The Patriot Traitor;" and "The Tall Woman." Also included are three essays: "Alarcon & his Writings" by Rafael A. Soto, a note on "Jan Balet and his Art," and a short essay by Jan B. Balet: "The Artist's Thoughts about his Illustrations.". The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. The black slipcase is also in perfect condition. AS NEW.. B&W Drawings. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (viii), 228, (1) pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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AUCHINCLOSS, LOUIS

The Atonement and Other Stories

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. 0395868262. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0395868262. Quarter bound in blue cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, orange endpapers.. The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket shows only mild shelf-wear, spine sunned. FINE/NEAR FINE.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xii), 275 pp. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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BELL, MADISON SMARTT

Barking Man and Other Stories

NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1990. 089919835X. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 089919835X. Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth cloth over gray boards, black lettering on spine, gray endpapers. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, unmarked condition. AS NEW/AS NEW.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii), 230 pp. As New in As New dust jacket .

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BELLOW, SAUL

Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories

New York: Harper & Row, 1984. 006015179X. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 006015179X. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. The volume is in excellent condition, tight, square and clean. Former owner's notes on third page, not affecting text, else fine. Dust jacket shows some mild wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (x), 294 pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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BELLOW, SAUL

Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories

NY: HarperCollins, 1984. 006015179X. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 006015179X. Stated first edition, first printing. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, publisher's logo blind-stamped on cover.. Both the volume and the price-clipped dust jacket show only the slightest shelf-wear; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (x), 294 pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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BELLOW, SAUL

Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories

NY: HarperCollins, 1984. 006015179X. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 006015179X. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, publisher's logo blind-stamped on cover.. The volume is very lightly sunned along the very top edge only, else as new; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The front interior flap of the unclipped dust jacket is very slightly wrinkled, small scratch on front panel, else as new. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (x), 294 pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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BERRY, WENDELL

Watch with Me, and Six Other Stories of the Yet-Remembered Ptolemy Proudfoot and His Wife, Miss Minnie, Nee Quinch

NY: Pantheon, 1994. 0679434690. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0679434690. Stated first edition. Quarter bound in publisher's wheat cloth ober tan boards, green lettering on spine and cover. In these seven interrelated stories we are again invited to Port William, Kentucky. Rich with humor and wisdom, this collection describes the depth of affection and tolerance for eccentricity that these neighbors bear toward one another, and highlights the comic and often poignant ways they cope with the intrusions of the 20th century into their idyllic, agrarian world. Wendell E. Berry (born 1934) is an American novelist, poet, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. A prolific author, he has written many novels, short stories, poems, and essays. He is an elected member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, a recipient of The National Humanities Medal, and the Jefferson Lecturer for 2012. He is also a 2013 Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Berry was named the recipient of the 2013 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. On January 28, 2015, he became the first living writer to be ushered into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine, condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (x), 210, (1) pp. As New in As New dust jacket .

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BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI

Stories from the Decameron

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. Publisher's full blue leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remaining compartments, gilt borders and intricate gilt foliate tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with B&W drawings and page decorations by Ann Grifalconi. Translated by G. H. McWilliam. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers Series. B&W Drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xii, 644 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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BOONE, BOB

Forest High: Short Stories by Bob Boone

Northfield, Illinois: Amika Press, 2011. 0970841663. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. ISBN: 0970841663. Publisher's glossy wraps. Nine short stories by Bob Boone.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEW.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 100 pp. New with no dust jacket .

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O'BRIEN, EDWARD J. (EDITOR)

Modern American Short Stories

London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. -. 1. . Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Former owner's inscription on ffep, top edge of volume dented, mild wear to head of spine spine lightly sunned. VERY GOOD.. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. 424 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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BRODKEY, HAROLD

Stories in an Almost Classical Mode

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 0394506995. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0394506995. Stated first edition. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on red label on spine, fore-edge deckle. This is a collection of short stories, most of which were first published in "The New Yorker," between 1963 and 1988. This was Brodkey's first book in 30 years, and presaged his much-heralded first novel "The Runaway Soul." In fact, much of the material that would make up "The Runaway Soul" appeared in short story form in "Stories in an Almost Classical Mode." Literary critic Harold Bloom includes "Stories in an Almost Classical Mode" in his book, "The Western Canon." . The volume is in virtually perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean, with only the very slightest sunning along the top edge only. The unclipped dust jacket shows only slight shelf-wear. FINE/NEAR FINE. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii), 593, (3) pp. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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BRODKEY, HAROLD

Women and Angels (the Author's Workshop)

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1985. 0827602502. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0827602502. Stated first edition (Philip and Muriel Berman Edition). Quarter bound in publisher's burgundy cloth over brick boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and black decoration on cover, gray endpapers, fore-edge deckle. This volume of three short stories (Ceil, Lila, and Angel) was intended to be the first book publication of significant portions from the author's long-anticipated major novel, which was then "nearing completion," but Brodkey didn't publish that major novel, "The Runaway Soul," until 1991, and the two books do not in fact contain duplicative material. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean; without slipcase. AS NEW. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. x, 157 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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CERF, BENNETT A. (ED)

Great Modern Short Stories an Anthology of Twelve Famous Stories and Novelettes

New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. Medium bumping at spine ends and corners with slight stain on front cover. Modern Library Series. Ex-Library. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. viii, 480 (6) pp. Fair with no dust jacket .

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CHABON, MICHAEL

A Model World and Other Stories

Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 1992. 0380710994. 1. Soft Cover. ISBN: 0380710994. Publisher's glossy wraps. 8vo. 207, (1) pp. This is a new, unopened, unmarked copy in perfect condition. AS NEW.. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As New with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 6160

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COLWIN, LAURIE

Passion and Affect

NY: The Viking Press, 1974. 0670541370. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0670541370. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over blue boards, silver and blue lettering on spine, silver medallion on cover, fore-edge deckle. Includes 14 short stories. This is Laurie Colwin's first book. "Colwin is ingenious, comedic and spirited."-- Maxine Kumin, Boston Globe. "Colwin has single-handedly revitalized the short story"-- Los Angeles Times. Laurie Colwin (1944-1992) is the author of five novels: Happy All the Time; Family Happiness; Goodbye Without Leaving; Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object; and A Big Storm Knocked It Over; three collections of short stories: Passion and Affect, Another Marvelous Thing, and The Lone Pilgrim; and two collections of essays: Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. Scarce. Boards lightly sunned along top and bottom edges only, as is typical of this edition; otherwise the volume is in as new condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is in perfect condition. NEAR FINE/FINE. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii), 179 pp. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26208

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