101 STORIES.**
by HENRY**, O (pseud. PORTER, W[illiam] S[ydney]):
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE./No dw/dj - slipcased.
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About This Item
UK,thick 8vo HB+s/case,1st edn thus.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - issued in a slipcase.Bright,crisp,clean,navy blue paper-covered card slipcase; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Bright, crisp,clean,publisher's original blue+grey+silver gilt illustrated/decorated cloth boards with bright,crisp,printed silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,a headband and immaculate plain royal blue endpapers.Top edges bright,crisp and clean, fore-edges similar but for some imperceptible marks to foot of same - not grubbed nor darkened (a publishing fault?) - contents bright,tight and near pristine.No dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners and no thumbing to fore-edges - an unread copy? UK,thick 8vo HB+s/case,1st edn thus,v-xvipp+1-651pp [paginated] includes contents+illus lists/tables, introduction by Fred Chappell,24 full-page,b/w illus by Rod Waters - unpaginated frntis included,12 collections comprising 101 stories; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,b/w illus frntis and 6pp blanks to rear. Set in Ehrhardt with Gillans for display,printed on Caxton Wove paper at St. Edmundsbury Press,Bury St. Edmunds.Bound at Cambridge University Press in cloth printed and blocked with a design by the artist, Rod Waters.The text of the stories in this selection by Laurent Lalonde, follow with minor emendations,those printed in 'The Complete Works of O. Henry,published by Doubleday & Co.,New York,in 1953.The stories come from writings between 1906-1917.From 'The Four Million'(1906), 'The Trimmed Lamp'(1907),'Heart of the West'(1907),'The Voice of the City' (1908), 'The Gentle Grafter'(1908),'Roads of Destiny'(1909), 'Options'(1909),'Strictly Business'(1910),'Whirligig'(1910),'Sixes and Sevens'(1911),'Rolling Stones'(1912),and 'Waifs and Strays'(1917). Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight [approx 1.5 Kg unpackaged] of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja32458
- Title
- 101 STORIES.**
- Author
- HENRY**, O (pseud. PORTER, W[illiam] S[ydney]):
- Illustrator
- illus by Rod Waters.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- No dw/dj - slipcased.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,thick 8vo HB+s/case,1st edn thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- LONDON.THE FOLIO SOCIETY,2002.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,thick 8vo HB+s/case,1st edn thus.No ISBN.Folio Society books.O. Henry_collections_anthologies_short stories.The Four Million.Waifs and Strays_1906-1917.Books new,used,signed,rare books.
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- MODERN FIRSTS2;
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