131 Best Stories : A Collection from the Writings of the Masters of the Literatures of Many Countries---Presenting Complete Stories and Essays from Aesop to Dostoevski
by Jones, Llewellyn (Editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1929. Oversized hardcover in green cloth with faded but legible gilt lettering on spine, without dust jacket, 1278 pages; light cover edge wear, faded old waterstaining or scuffing to front cover, ink signature dated "1933 Los Angeles ", otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout, tight in binding, text pages fresh and white.. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Eric James (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040112
- Title
- 131 Best Stories : A Collection from the Writings of the Masters of the Literatures of Many Countries---Presenting Complete Stories and Essays from Aesop to Dostoevski
- Author
- Jones, Llewellyn (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Reilly & Lee
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Short Story Collection Anthology Fiction Literature Essays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories; Literary Anthologies; Essays;
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Eric James
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