The Best British Short Stories 1939 & The Yearbook of the British and Irish Short Story
by Edward J. O'Brien [ed.]; Elizabeth Bowen; V.S. Pritchett; Liam O'Flaherty; et al [contribs.]
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- very good
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- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in decorative price-clipped dust jacket; xiv,[2],296pp. Moderate edge wear to jacket margins, shallow dampstain to bottom margin of verso not showing through to exterior, brief tape repair to spine crown verso, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy.
Short stories include "Number 16," by Elizabeth Bowen, "Galway Bay," by Liam O'Flaherty, and "Pocock Passes," by V.S. Pritchett.
Short stories include "Number 16," by Elizabeth Bowen, "Galway Bay," by Liam O'Flaherty, and "Pocock Passes," by V.S. Pritchett.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28933
- Title
- The Best British Short Stories 1939 & The Yearbook of the British and Irish Short Story
- Author
- Edward J. O'Brien [ed.]; Elizabeth Bowen; V.S. Pritchett; Liam O'Flaherty; et al [contribs.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1939
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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