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Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1957
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First UK Edition, preceded by the US edition published by Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy in 1956 (the previous year). Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Lightly foxed page edges, with a lightly faded spine. Jacket is lightly toned to the spine, with light soil overall and a small, light dampstain to the bottom left corner of the rear panel.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1956
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Printing. DJ has light edge wear.
Published by Farrar, Straus, Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Book corners, spine ends and edges lightly rubbed & bumped. Small dark speck fore-edge pages. Unclipped DJ protected in mylar, spine lightly faded, edges lightly worn, few small tears. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; Yellow cloth spine, green boards, top edge pages tinted yellow, 309pp. Anthology of several short stories by the above authors. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. In protective mylar cover. (short stories, american short stories, 20th century).
Published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 309 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy with a bit of a slant to spine; in a very good dust jacket with a 1-1/2 inch closed tear to the front panel.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Browning to jacket. Price-clipped.
Published by Farrar, Staus and Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 309 pages. Hardcover. Sage cloth covered boards with black printed titles to yellow cloth spine. Yellow top edge. Toning to edges throughout. Original dust jacket with age toning to edges, small tears, & price clipped. Clean & unmarked. A nice copy. Record # 751152.
Published by Farrar. Straus & Cudahy, 1956
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Previous owner nameplate. Very Good condition. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good Copy, Ex-Library Book, Dust jacket is price clipped, residue from pocket being removed from rear end pages, pages are clean but tan, 8vo, 309 pages.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 309 pages, a collection of short stories from four authors, 1st printing. Minor corner bump and edge wear, otherwise, spotless and tight copy. Record # 853720.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. STORIES JEAN STAFFORD; JOHN CHEEVER; DANIEL FUCHS; WILLIAM MAXWELL-1ST PRINTING. NY: F,S&C. Very good (some foxing to US spine cloth). In vg+ dj.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dj. Illustrated by (dj design) Ronald Clyne (illustrator). First Edition. [good sound copy, slight deterioration of binding at crown of spine, faint staining at base of spine; jacket lightly browned (a bit more at spine) and edgeworn, some minor nicking at spine ends, light staining at base ed at base (almost entirely obscured externally by the patterned jacket design)]. This collection of 15 stories by four authors "is not an anthology," claims the jacket blurb, but rather a selection by each of the four "from their recent work the stories they think most highly of, and they are published together here because the four authors like the idea of appearing in public side by side, and of being read in counterpoint, as it were." Contents are as follows. Jean Stafford: "The Liberation"; "Bad Characters"; "Beatrice Trueblood's Story"; "In the Zoo"; "Maggie Meriwether's Rich Experience." John Cheever: "The Day the Pig Fell Into the Well"; "The Bus to St. James's"; "The Country Husband"; "The National Pastime." Daniel Fuchs: "Man in the Middle of the Ocean"; "The Golden West"; "Twilight in Southern California." William Maxwell: "What Every Boy Should Know"; "The Trojan Women"; "The French Scarecrow." You're welcome.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First printing. 6 x 8 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, mild wear to corners, spine ends bumped. Binding tight. Name on ffep, text unmarked. DJ is GOOD ; not clipped, toned, edges worn tears to spine. Fic. (S) RGR.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, Inc., 1956
Seller: Books that Benefit, Fawley, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Green hard cover with yellow spine - small signs of age/Good+. In DJ - wear around spine and corner tips/Fair. 309 pages. Content Good+. (515g) Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity correct postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Near fine with soiling at the crown in a priceclipped about near fine dustwrapper lightly sunned at the spine, wear at the crown and tiny tear on the rear. Browning. Stories by Jean Stafford, John Cheever, Daniel Fuchs, and William Maxwell.
Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Close to near fine in a Vg.+ dj. (Couple small chips at crest of spine on dj., not affecting titles. Pea-size soil spot at top edge. Light traces of shelfwear wear to dj. Bottom edge of boards somewhat rubbed) Features stories by: Jean Stafford, John Cheever, Daniel Fuchs & William Maxwell. (LRC).
Published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1956. First edition. First printing. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($3.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Jacket has some toning on jacket and chipping at extremities (as pictured). Includes Stafford's "The Liberation", "Bad Characters", "Beatrice Trueblood's Story", "In the Zoo", "Maggie Meriwether's Rich Experience"; Cheever's "The Day the Pig Fell Into the Well", "The Bus to St. James's", "The Country Husband", and "The National Pastime"; Fuchs' "Man in the Middle of the Ocean", "The Golden West", "Twilight in Southern California"; and Maxwell's "What Every Boy Should Know", "The Trojan Women", and "The French Scarecrow". Anthologies.
Published by Victor Gollancz 1957, 1957
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
first edition thus, uncommon, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 309pp, VG (light foxing to page edges, light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, moderate tanning to spine, moderate bruising to spine extrems & cover corners).
Published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. 309pp. Cloth backed boards, top edge stained yellow. Collects fifteen short stories. Light foxing to endpapers. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with mild toning to the spine panel, a hint of foxing to the flaps, and a closed tear to the upper edge of the rear panel. Dustjacket design by Ronald Clyne. ; Octavo.
Published by N.Y. Farrar Straus 1956., 1956
Seller: Pettler & Lieberman, Booksellers, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
small name/address sticker on front endpaper, else near fine in very good+ price-clipped dust jacket includes previously unpublished stories by these 4 masters of the form. 1st edition.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, (1956). First Edition. Four writers chose the recent stories they think most highly of, and are published together because they like the idea of appearing in public side by side. Very good copy, with tape marks and a faint vertical fold on the front flyleaf.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Printing (stated). Now an increasingly rare literature collectible, a very nice compilation of fifteen stories thought most highly of, and carefully selected by, four writers who respect each others work and wished to see thier contributions appearing together. Hardcover with dust jacket, 309pp., d.j. shows very light edgewear, the jacket nicly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. dj, 1956
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. An uncommon collection - four authors, who have little in common except that they are about the same age, and that they like and respect each other's works, selected the recent work they liked best to appear in this volume together Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped, slight change of color on the spine of the dj.).
Published by Farrar Straus & Cudahy, 1956
Seller: Brentwood Books, Kinnelon, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Collectable, very good. 1st. VG+ book in G+ jacket. First printing. Yellow and green hardcover, 1956, stated first printing, jacket not price clipped (3.95). Book has very slight wear at extremities otherwise like new. Jacket has has moderate edgewear including a 1/4 x 3/4" chip missing from top of spine and small chips missing from the edges of all folds, very slight loss of color along front hinge; jacket now attractively displayed in a removable clear mylar sleeve. **We are a small family business selling online since 1999 with over 30 years' experience providing fine new and pre-owned books. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. **Your purchase supports our town's public library.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc; New York, N. Y., 1956
Seller: Dubliners Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st/VG/VG. 309 pp. Pages slightly age-toned and page deck lightly foxed. Book is very slightly cocked. Dust jacket also slightly age-toned but not very noticeable because of color of dust jacket.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Previous owner's notation on the front fly else fine in near fine, lightly tanned dustwrapper with a small hole on the spine.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 309. Original publisher's red boards lettered gilt at spine. Bright yellow dust jacket. Publisher's file copy from the archive at Gollancz with their neat stamp, reading 'archive copy' on the title page. Original wraparound band states, "This collection has real importance - V. S. Pritchett." Very good in slightly used, close very good dust jacket, with a 4cm closed tear at the front lower spine hinge.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
309 pages, clean and clear. White endpapers. Yellow cloth quarter bound, with black titles on the spine. Light wear to the head and tail of spine, small stains on back cover. Illustrated DJ with black and white titles. Light wear along the edges. VG+/VG+.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine, lightly bumped dustwrapper.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1956
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm.); yellow cloth spine over green boards; yellow topstain; dust jacket by Ronald Clyne, 309pp. Spine ends gently nudged, faint sppot of soiling at right textblock, still a Fine copy. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced$3.95); small closed tear ar crown of spine with light toning along spine; a Near Fine jacket or better. 15 short stories by four authors.