Search Results: Fiction - Anthologies from Riverwood's Books

London - New York: Dent Everyman's Library / Dutton. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0460008404 . HC/DJ - near fine/very good. Number 840 of the Everyman's Library Series. 1974 reprint of the 1930 original. 12mo (7.5 in. Tall). Hardcover is clean with slight bumping/wear to spine ends and bottom corners. Pages are clean and intact, with no markings. Dustjacket has light edgewear/minor rubbing, a few tiny edge tears, age tanning, one tiny peel on rear and front flap price clipped. (298noto,0315) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 372 pages .

Nyc: Bantam Books. Very Good. 1969. Paperback. 0553208527 . Bantam paperback 1969 printing. Very nice condition. Pages are clean and intact, no markings, light age tanning. Covers have minimal edge wear, light scuffing and light tanning. Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection. (110os422) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 194 pages .

New Zealand: Metro Publishing Partnership. Very Good. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 0473005352 . A short story selection edited by Graeme Lay. Pages clean and unmarked. Cover has light scuffing, a few light creases and slight corner curling. Written by well known and new New Zealand writers. Authors: Jill Keogh; Vincent O'Sullivan; Rosie Scott; Michael Morrissey; Graeme Lay; Lauris Edmond; Paul Smith; Lloyd Jones; J. Edward Brown and others. (235os4-24) ; 8vo .

Harper & Row. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0060122498 . Hardcover/jacket - near fine/VG. Hardover is clean and unmarked other than blue dot top edge of pages from a book sale and slight soiling bottom edge of pages. Jacket has light scuffing and light edge/corner wear, not price clipped. "The great John J. Tumulty: who was he? Born in 1849; died in 1930. During the early part of the century he barnstormed throughout the West. San Francisco became the home of a magnificent theater, Tumulty's Grand. Some said he was America's greatest actor. But could he have been a liar, a parasite, a fraud, and a heartless womanizer?" (535-3-24) ; 8vo .

Kitab / Syracruse University Press. Very Good+. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 0965203131 . Ex-library book, but still in excellent condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings such as front and spine sticker. Interior pages clean and tight, a little scuffing of front cover. ; Jusoor Series 11/12; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 460 pages; "The author of The Prophet and the best-known Arab American literary figure, the late Kahlil Gibran would be proud of a new generation represented in this anthology of more than 40 writers and poets. After more than a century of Arab immigration to the United States, Arab American literature in English remains largely obscure, to say the least. This collection of previously unpublished poetry, drama, fiction, creative prose, and literary and cultural criticism features a range of writers, both seasoned and upcoming. While the Middle East and the old country are often reference points, themes are not limited in this regard. Most of… Read More

Edmonton, AB: Alberta Education. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920794122 . Very nice condition, illustrated boards, no jacket as issued. Pages clean and unmarked other than small school stamp on endpage. Cover has slight wear at corners and a little bumping to spine ends. Short stores about Western Canada, as it shifted from a rural to an urban society. Authors: James A. MacNeill; Tony Cashman; Eric Nicol; Chief Dan George; James M. Moir; Patrick Lane; W. O. Mitchell; Barry Broadfoot; Kathleen Strange; Samuel Roddan and others. (750-4-24) ; 8vo; 295 pages .