London: Heinemann, (1974). First UK edition. Also includes "The Candy Kid," "The Vanishing Corpse," and "The Affair of the Reluctant Witness." Few small dents to rear panel of jacket and rear board otherwise both the book and dust jacket are bright and fine. Item #54884 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1968). First edition of author's second book. Collection of five stories includes the title story plus "The Pedersen Kid," "Mrs. Mean," "Icicles," and "Order of Insects." Minor spine crimps, otherwise bright and fine in near fine dust jacket folded onto the book slightly off-center. Jacket..... Item #49138 More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1965. First edition. Endpapers offset and page edges somewhat soiled, otherwise near fine in bright dust jacket with slightly tanned spine and light edgewear (mostly to spine ends and tips). A bright copy. Item #30912 More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952. First U.S. edition; preceding the UK. Nobel Prize winner's second book -- her first to be published in the U.S. Bright and near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with pin-prick hole and small light stain to front panel, edges lightly..... Item #54915 More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. First edition. The influential Southern novelists first book of short stories. 8vo teal cloth boards stamped in reddish brown; 245 pages. Near fine with spine slightly toned; in about very good dust jacket with chipping to spine ends and corners and spine somewhat faded..... Item #72107 More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1963). First edition. Fine in a very good or better dust jacket with light rubbing very slight soiling and a few small closed tears (not immediately noticeable), Item #28899 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1975. First edition. Minor rubbing to spine ends, otherwise fine in dust jacket with light soiling, shallow chip to bottom of spine and light edgewear. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Item #34602 More
Cambridge, et al: Granta Publications, 1980 to 2014. First edition of the "new series" issues 2 - 126 lacking issues 3, 13, 14, 20, 49, 63, 104, and with 4th edition of issue 1 published May, 1994 (originally published 1979) and 2nd edition of "The Granta Book of Family." In..... Item #54388 More
London: The Bodley Head, (1967). First edition. Short stories. Fine in very good to near fine dust jacket very slightly toned at spine, with staining to verso and a little to upper edge rear panel where there's one short closed tear. Item #54200 More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. First edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper, where the previous owner has also made notations (at the bottom). Printed photo of the author affixed at front, creating offset to front endpaper, and notation -- which appears to be in the..... Item #51434 More
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(Napa: Tales for Travellers, 1985). First edition thus: Number 15 in the short-lived "Selected Short Stories by Great Writers" series devised by James H. Schmidt in 1982 with the intent of providing quality reading material for daily commuters that was inexpensive enough to share. Originally issued in 4 slipcased volumes..... Item #71818 More
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New York: Viking Press, 1941. First edition of the book which is near fine in a very good dust jacket darkened on spine and edges. Promotional letter laid in from Kroch's & Brentano's with sales pitch for A CHILD OF THE CENTURY, Hecht's 1954 autobiography which Adolph Kroch calls "the..... Item #55558 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1933. First edition. His third collection of stories, fourteen in total with nine being published for the first time. About very good with spine ends bumped, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, gold spine label somewhat dulled and a little askew but label on front still..... Item #51885 More
New York: Penguin Press, 2005. First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, a book of short stories. The first story, "The Minor Wars," was expanded into the novel, THE DESCENDENTS, which was the basis for the Academy Award-winning movie of the same name starring George Clooney. Fine in dust jacket. Both this..... Item #50225 More
London: Heinemann, (1981). First edition. A book of short stories. Very good to fine in dust jacket with blue on spine a bit faded. Item #54459 More
London: Duckworth & Co., 1902. First edition. The hardcover issue, which would appear to be more scarce than the simultaneously issued softcover. Collection of short stories in "Duckworth's Greenback Library" series. 12mo green cloth stamped in black; 182 pages. This copy with small, tasteful bookplate of cartoonist Claude Smith. Bright..... Item #72126 More
New York: Viking Press, (1968). First edition. Posthumous collection edited by her husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman with his penciled notations on rear endpaper and contents page and corresponding passages lightly marked in pencil in margins. Page edges moderately foxed otherwise..... Item #54982 More
(Napa: Tales for Travellers, 1985). First edition thus: Number 13 in the short-lived "Selected Short Stories by Great Writers" series devised by James H. Schmidt in 1982 with the intent of providing quality reading material for daily commuters that was inexpensive enough to share. Originally issued in 4 slipcased volumes..... Item #71817 More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First edition. Short, offbeat stories illustrated with drawings by David Bromige. Number Number 24 of 200 numbered copies SIGNED BY JAFFE (of 226 total). Lower corners gently bumped still fine in original acetate. Item #54880 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. First edition. Collects 14 stories and 21 poems. 8vo gilt-stamped red cloth; top edge gilt. Near fine in dust jacket tanned at spine and with few shallow chips but otherwise near fine. Item #53990 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1917. First edition. First issue binding with publisher's name at foot of spine measuring over one inch; in second issue dust jacket. Fourteen stories and 14 poems. First appearances for two of the stories and most of the poems. Page fore edges lightly foxed otherwise near..... Item #53934 More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932. First U.S. edition, published a few weeks after the UK. Short stories and poems. First appearances for 3 of the stories and 19 of the poems. Near fine in about very good dust jacket with rear panel lightly soiled and pair of..... Item #53939 More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933. First edition, preceding the UK and French editions. Issued in two parts on March 1 and March 15, 1933, respectively, in an edition of only 75 copies each. Part 1 only. [Richards A412]. A childhood recollection of his trip with his father..... Item #53959 More
New York: B. W. Dodge, 1909. First edition, unauthorized. Third issue with red lettering printed vs stamped (or gilt); in dust jacket--the only one of the three to be issued in one. Short stories and one poem. Very good in good dust jacket with old tape repair to chips and..... Item #54088 More
(San Francisco: Tales for Travellers, 1982). First edition thus: Number 12 in the short-lived "Selected Short Stories by Great Writers" series devised by James H. Schmidt in 1982 with the intent of providing quality reading material for daily commuters that was inexpensive enough to share. Originally issued in 4 slipcased..... Item #71816 More