Search Results: Short Stories from A Parcel of Books

New York: Scribner, 1997 First edition, first printing. 234 pp.Sixteen stories by poet Tess Gallagher, mostly set in the Pacific Northwest.Table of Contents:The red ensign -- I got a guy once -- Venison pie -- To dream of bears -- The leper -- Creatures -- She who is untouched by fire -- A box of rocks -- Coming and going -- My gun -- Mr. Woodriff's neckties -- Rain flooding your campfire -- The mother thief -- A glimpse of the Buddha -- The poetry baron -- The woman who prayed. . First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

New York: Little Brown, 1995 First edition, third printing. Signed by the author on title page. 225 pp. A collection of stories from the National Book Award finalist and O. Henry winner. Table of Contents: Cold snap -- Superman, my son -- Way down deep in the jungle -- Quicksand -- Pickpocket -- Ooh baby baby --Rocketfire red -- I need a man to love me -- Pot shack -- Dynamite hands.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.. Not price-clipped, top edge has some staining.

New York: Knopf, 1993 First edition. Dustjacket has worn corners and smudges. 408 pp. Thirty four stories. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Knopf, 1994 First edition. Scratch on front of jacket.159 pp. Unread copy. Final book in Lopez's trilogy of short stories (other titles: Desert Notes and River Notes).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper Perennial, 1999 First edition, first printing. Trade paperback. As new, unread. 180 pp. Title on cover and spine misspelled: Inventing the Abbots and other stories.. First Edition. Trade Paper. Fine/No Jacket.

London: Bloomsbury, 1998 First edition, first printing. Review copy bears sticker on front flyleaf, "UK Edition Not for Re-sale, US Publication April 15, 1999, By the Author of The Ventriloquist's Tale," ISBN on verso of title page, 0747536759; dust jacket bears ISBN 158234020X, slight wrinkling on spine. 209 pp. A collection of stories set in South America, Africa, the Caribbean, and the back streets of London. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harmony, 1999 First edition, first printing. Back corner slightly bent, otherwise in excellent condition. 214 pp. Author's first book. The freaks of the suburban southwest wander through a wasteland of pop culture in the 12 stories that make up this collection. Characters, mostly from the lower-middle class, collect '70s TV kitsch, drink cheap beer, and meander around the half-deserted dystopias of failing housing developments. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1996 First edition. Lower front right and lower back left corners bumped. 206 pp. Not a remainder. Fifteen short stories from an award winning and critically acclaimed writer.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Pantheon, 1992 First edition. 4 inch scratch down middle of book and dust jacket. Signed by the Author on title page. 432 pp. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.