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Strictly Business; More Stories of the Four Million (Authorised Edition)
by Henry, O. (Pseudonym of William Sydney Porter)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1920. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Green coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed decoration to the front panel and gilt coloured titles and self embossed decoration to the backstrip. Gilt to the top text edge. 23 short stories from New York. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges and rubbing of the book corners. Tanning and staining of the textblock edges with age toning of the pages. The free front end page has been removed! Offset tanning and some foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book. Cracking of the hinge between the free front end page (or where it should be) and half title page, with underlying webbing visible. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 3 - 310, [4] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Short Stories; Inventory No: 0129759. .
Synopsis
O. Henry's short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. Contents: Strictly Business, The Gold that Glittered, Babes in the Jungle, The Day Resurgent, The Fifth Wheel, The Poet and the Peasant, The Robe of Peace, The Girl and the Graft, The Call of the Tame, The Unknown Quantity, The Thing's the Play, A Ramble in Aphasia, A Municipal Report, Psyche and the Pskyscraper, A Bird of Bagdad, Compliments of the Season, A Night in New Arabia, The Girl and the Habit, Proof of the Pudding, Past One at Rodney's, The Venturers, The Duel, "What You Want."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0129759
- Title
- Strictly Business; More Stories of the Four Million (Authorised Edition)
- Author
- Henry, O. (Pseudonym of William Sydney Porter)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- BZDB2 American Short Stories -- Early 20th Century Literature & Literary; Short Stories; Unbranded Henry, O. (Pseudonym of William Sydney Porter) Strictly Business; More Stories of the Four Million (Authorised Edition)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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