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Franny and Zooey

Franny and Zooey

by J D Salinger

Franny and Zooey is J. D. Salinger's third book, published as such in 1961, its two parts having originally appeared as a short story and a novella in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1957, respectively. Franny and Zooey, a sister and brother both in their 20s, are the two youngest members of the Glass family, which was a frequent focus of Salinger's writings. The action of both parts takes place over a long weekend in November 1955.
Interpreter Of Maladies

Interpreter Of Maladies

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Interpreter of Maladies is a 2000 collection of nine short stories by Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. It was also chosen as The New Yorker's Best Debut of the Year. The stories are about the lives of Indians and Indian Americans who are caught between the culture they have inherited and the "New World" they now find themselves in.
The Complete Stories

The Complete Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist.
Her novel, The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor, won the National Book Award in 1972. This collection of thirty-one short stories is a unique, tangible expression of O’Connor’s projected ideas of the southern United States in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Included in this collection are twelve stories that are only included in this collection and not in her two other compilations, Everything That Rises Must Converge... Read more about this item
Just So Stories

Just So Stories

by Rudyard Kipling

The delightful tales of whales and cats and kangaroos and crabs – everything from how the camel got in a humph (and got his hump!) to how the alphabet was invented. Enchanting and funny, these fantastical stories continue to delight each and every generation.With an inspiring written, inspiring introduction by Jonathan Stroud, author of the Bartimaeus trilogy, Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling is one of the twelve wonderful classic stories being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2008.
Tales Of Mystery and Imagination

Tales Of Mystery and Imagination

by Edgar Allan Poe

Tales of Mystery and Imagination, stories by American author Edgar Allan Poe have been compiled by Padraic Colum into a thrilling collection focused on Poe’s suspenseful stories. The first edition compiled by Padraic Colum was published in 1908 by Geoffrey Newnes Ltd. and includes an introduction by Colum explaining his decision to exclude Poe’s poems, comedies, and essays from the collection. A later 1919 edition, published by George G. Harrap & Co., includes 24 full-page black and white plates... Read more about this item
Where I'm Calling From

Where I'm Calling From

by Raymond Carver

Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please (a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1984), and Where I'm Calling From in 1988, when he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died in August of that year, shortly after completing the poems of A New Path to the Waterfall.About the ReaderPeter Riegert... Read more about this item
Girl With Curious Hair

Girl With Curious Hair

by David Foster Wallace

Girl with Curious Hair is a collection of short stories by David Foster Wallace, first published in 1989. Though they are not related, many of the stories share the theme of society's fascination with celebrity, some using real celebrities, including Alex Trebek, David Letterman and Lyndon Johnson, as fictional characters.
Dubliners

Dubliners

by James Joyce

Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The fifteen stories were meant to be a naturalistic depiction of the Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written at the time when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences.
The Stories Of John Cheever

The Stories Of John Cheever

by John Cheever

The Stories of John Cheever is a 1978 short story collection by American author John Cheever. It contains some of his most famous stories, including "The Enormous Radio," "Goodbye, My Brother," "The Country Husband," "The Five-Forty-Eight" and "The Swimmer. " It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1979; the paperback version won the American Book Award for Fiction in 1981.
Drown

Drown

by Junot Diaz

Junot Díaz’s fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The Best American Short Stories. His highly-anticipated first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, was greeted with rapturous reviews, including Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times calling it “a book that decisively establishes him as one of contemporary fiction's most distinctive and irresistible new voices.” His debut story collection, Drown, published eleven years prior to Oscar Wao, was also... Read more about this item
Tales Of the South Pacific

Tales Of the South Pacific

by James A Michener

Tales of the South Pacific is a Pulitzer Prize winning collection of sequentially related short stories about World War II, written by James A. Michener in 1946. The stories were based on observations and anecdotes he collected while stationed as a lieutenant commander in the US Navy on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands (now known as Vanuatu). The skipper of PT-105 met Michener while stationed at the PT boat base on Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
Men Without Women

Men Without Women

by Ernest Hemingway

First published in 1927, Men Without Women is an early Hemingway collection containing fourteen short stories that are beginning to show the normal Hemingway themes: war and it's casualties, the interactions between men and women, sports, and violence.
"Banal Story," "In Another Country," "The Killers," "Ten Indians," "Hills Like White Elephants," "The Undefeated," "Fifty Grand," "In Another Country," "Now I Lay Me," "A Canary for One," and more.
A Good Man Is Hard To Find

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

by Flannery O'Connor

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by American author Flannery O'Connor. The Southern Gothic collection was first published in 1955 by Hartcourt, Brace and Company. The short stories explore O'Connor's grotesque view of life which is often realistic and ultimately hopeful. A Good Man is Hard to Find is her second published work and established O'Connor as a major voice in American literature. Short stories in the collection include "The... Read more about this item
The Illustrated Man

The Illustrated Man

by Ray Bradbury

The Illustrated Man is a 1951 book of eighteen science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury that explores the nature of mankind. While none of the stories have a plot or character connection with the next, a recurring theme is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. The unrelated stories are tied together by the frame device of "the Illustrated Man", a vagrant with a tattooed body whom the unnamed narrator meets.
In Our Time

In Our Time

by Ernest Hemingway

In Our Time is the first published collection of Hemingway's short fiction.  The book collects several of the author's short stories about American life in the early 1920's, just after WWI. A few of these stories focus on the character Nick Adams.First published in Paris in 1924 by Three Mountains Press under the title in our time - in all lower case - the first state of this work was a set of 18 vignettes and numbered 32 pages in total.  Only 300 copies were printed, but due to a printing... Read more about this item
Civilwarland In Bad Decline

Civilwarland In Bad Decline

by George Saunders

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. A New York Times Notable Book "This book is a rare event: a brilliant new satirist bursting out of the gate in full stride, wildly funny, pure, generous—all that a great humorist should be."—Garrison Keillor "An astoundingly tuned voice—graceful, dark, authentic, and funny—telling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times."—Thomas... Read more about this item
Nightmares and Dreamscapes

Nightmares and Dreamscapes

by Stephen King

New to Pocket BooksâÈç Stephen King backlistâÈ'the short story collection containing the story "DolanâÈçs Cadillac," soon to be released as a feature film starring Christian Slater and Wes Bentley.With numerous unforgettable movies based on his short storiesâÈ'including Shawshank Redemption, 1408, and The Green MileâÈ'readers will be delighted to rediscover this classic collection, also released as a television mini-series and on DVD. Featuring twenty short horror stories, a television... Read more about this item
The Golden Age

The Golden Age

by Kenneth Grahame

Looking back to those days of old, ere the gate shut behind me, I can see now that to children with a proper equipment of parents these things would have worn a different aspect. But to those whose nearest were aunts and uncles, a special attitude of mind may be allowed. They treated us, indeed, with kindness enough as to the needs of the flesh, but after that with indifference (an indifference, as I recognise, the result of a certain stupidity), and therewith the commonplace conviction that your child... Read more about this item
Nine Stories

Nine Stories

by J D Salinger

Close Range

Close Range

by Annie Proulx

Tales From Shakespeare

Tales From Shakespeare

by Charles and Mary Lamb

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Vernon God Little

by D B C Pierre Dbc Pierre

Short Stories Books & Ephemera

Where Angels Fear To Tread

Where Angels Fear To Tread

by Robertson, Morgan

Stories Of the 90\'s

Stories Of the 90's

by Stanford, Derek

Vinyl Cafe Unplugged

Vinyl Cafe Unplugged

by McLean, Stuart

Penguin Publishing Group, 2009. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£4.81
To Call Her Mine, etc. (Katharine Regina.-'Self or Bearer.') [With plates.]

To Call Her Mine, etc. (Katharine Regina.-'Self or Bearer.') [With plates.]

by Walter Besant

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The To Call Her Mine, etc. (Katharine Regina.-'Self or Bearer.') [With plates.].
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£25.32
Normal Rules Don’t Apply: Stories

Normal Rules Don’t Apply: Stories

by Atkinson, Kate

New York: Doubleday, 2023 1st Am. ed. 206pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [couple of turned page corners mid-text; else nrF] Eleven wild stories by the acclaimed British novelist.
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£16.06
The Sixth Station: a new short story (signed by the artist)

The Sixth Station: a new short story (signed by the artist)

by BROWN, George Mackay

Clarion Press, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. One of 149 cased copies only. Very fine grey boards, five full-page line illustrations in blue by Adrian Wisniewski. Signed by the artist, with two copies of an additional loose illustrated print which is also signed by him. George Mackay Brown died before he could sign the book and it was published posthumously. Becoming scarce.
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£75.00
EDGAR ALLAN POE STORIES

EDGAR ALLAN POE STORIES

by EDGAR ALLAN POE

This is a very nice copy, published in 1961, of Edgar Allan Poe Stories: Twenty-Seven Thrilling Tales by the Master of Suspense, with an Added Selection of His Best Poems.
See photo of contents.
As you can see, there is quite a bit of wear to the dust jacket, which is unclipped.
The book itself is perfect. It does not appear to have been read.
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£14.76
An Explanation for Chaos

An Explanation for Chaos

by Julie Schumacher

Soho Press, Incorporated, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.52
The Time Element and Other Stories

The Time Element and Other Stories

by O'Hara, John

New York: Random House Inc, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/Near Fine. Olive Green Cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine; light olive green endpapers; fixed front and rear endpapers are scuffed from previous dustjacket attachment; rear free endpaper has been removed; book edges have some light soiling; top book edge is stained yellow by publisher; 8vo; 244 pages; pages 135-145 show some waviness from handling by wet hands; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is... Read more about this item
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£12.00
Sans Souci  and Other Stories

Sans Souci and Other Stories

by Brand, Dionne

Women's Press Literary. Near Fine. 1994. Paperback. 0889611963 . Trade Paperback in Near fine condition with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked text. Very light edgewear. "Stories of Black women's lives in Canada, the Caribbean and the emotional places in between. "; 8.35 X 5.43 X 0.39 inches; 150 pages .
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£9.42
Rose, 1944 (Pocket Penguin 25)

Rose, 1944 (Pocket Penguin 25)

by Dunmore, Rose

London: Penguin Books. 2005. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. 55 pages. Several short stories - some previously unpublished. . New. 1st thus. Softcover.
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£7.85
There are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union

There are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union

by Hill, Reginald

Paperback. Very Good.
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£1.23
Drunk with Love

Drunk with Love

by Gilchrist, Ellen

Faber & Faber, 1987. Gray boards, bright silver lettering, clean, minor shelf wear. NON price-clipped DJ [£ 9.95 ] mostly clean, colors bright, minimal edge wear. Pages [239 ] lightly age tanned, clean, unmarked, binding tight and square; a little soiling to page edges; moisture marks at bottom page edges. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me... Read more about this item
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£4.82
My Man Jeeves

My Man Jeeves

by WODEHOUSE, P. G

George Newnes Ltd, 1919. 1st edition. Hardcover. Red decorated boards as originally issued, slightly paled spine, hinges strengthened, pages clean if a little tinged on account of the paper used, and altogether a very nice copy of the book in which Jeeves made his first appearance, in four of the eight stories. Very scarce thus.
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£1,200.00
Something Childish and other stories

Something Childish and other stories

by MANSFIELD, Katherine

Constable, 1924. 1st edition. Hardcover. Second issue, with First Published 1924 on the verso of the title page. A very good book, boards nice and bright, pages clean, a small label erasure on front pastedown, and one small fox mark to front text block. The dustwrapper bears some neat restoration in a few places, some darkening to the spine and some marks to the spine and rear panel. The author's posthumously published collection of stories.
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£45.00
The Ballroom of Romance

The Ballroom of Romance

by TREVOR, William

Bodley Head, 1972. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket, spine not faded, not price-clipped, an exceptionally nice copy of the author's second collection of short stories.
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£325.00
THE COLLECTED STORIES OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER

THE COLLECTED STORIES OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER

by Singer, Isaac Bashevis

NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. First edition, limited issue of 450 numbered copies signed by Singer on the limitation page. Copy #387. Blue cloth, grey paper-covered slipcase. Slipcase with few small stains on edges. Fine condition in a Very Good slipcase.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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£140.52
Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

by Rushdie, Salman

Paperback. Very Good.
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£3.64
Schoom (proof)

Schoom (proof)

by Wilson, Jonathan

New York: Penguin, 1993 unrev. & unpub. proofs. 217pp. paperback sm 8vo: near Fine.
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£4.01
Windy City Blues

Windy City Blues

by Paretsky, Sara

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 1995. . First Edition First Printing. A Hardbound Book. Fine/Fine in Mylar Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Trade Book Not Price Clipped.
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£7.51
Standing On Richards

Standing On Richards

by Bowering, George

Viking Canada. As New in Fine+ dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670044547 . Black hard covers with gilt titles to the spine. In As New conditon with light spine end bumping. First Edition, with a number line indicating a First Printing. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine conditon. ; 8.40 X 5.80 X 1 inches; 209 pages .
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£12.96
The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 1

The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 1

by Robert Crumb

Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, 1987. First edition. Condition: Near fine, light edge wear, very slight spine wear.Continues the multi-volume series comprising the complete works of the legendary cartoonist, one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. This volume features work mainly from 1958 to 1962.
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£88.56
The Barnum Museum: Stories (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))

The Barnum Museum: Stories (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))

by Millhauser, Steven

Dalkey Archive Press, 2007. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A stunning paean to the power of imagination. . . . Certainly the work of one of our best writers at the top of his form. . . . So convincing that the most skeptical reader will be swept away."?San Francisco Chronicle The Barnum Museum is a combination waxworks, masked ball, and circus sideshow masquerading as a collection of short stories. Within its pages, note such sights... Read more about this item
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£14.41
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Reader's Digest, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Not Ex-Library Copy. Hardcover Edition Issued Without Dustjacket.Good Copy.Binding Is Solid.Text Unmarked.Not Ex-Library Copy.Corners Slightly Bumped.
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£6.37
Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories

Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories

by Jones, Thom

Back Bay Books, 2000. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.40
Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose

Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose

by Lovesey, Peter

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, 1988. Fifteen short stories, including two featuring Peter Diamond and two with Bertie. Includes a complete checklist of Lovesey's crime writing. First paperback printing. Gently rubbed, lower corner lightly bumped with a short crease to the lower front corner.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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£12.04
Different Seasons

Different Seasons

by KING, Stephen

Macdonald, 1982. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine black cloth, silver spine lettering, nearly 600 pages in square binding, endpapers clean, pages also very clean, smidgen of light foxing down some leaves on the front text block. In a fine dustjacket, not price-clipped. Four long short stories, the first being the most famous, as the basis for the film The Shawshank Redemption. Excellent first impression, surprisingly scarce in this nice condition.
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£135.00