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The Short Story by Sean O'Faolain - 1948

by Sean O'Faolain

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The Short Story by Sean O'Faolain - 1948

The Short Story

by Sean O'Faolain

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London: Collins, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Red Boards with Black Lettering on Spine. Original, Good Condition/Protective Covered. A consideration and analysis of the short story as a specialised form of the fiction writer's craft from one of the ablest practitioners of the art of the short story.
Seán Proinsias O'Faoláin (1900 - 1991) was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Irish culture. A short-story writer of international repute, he was also a leading commentator and critic. He wrote his first stories in the 1920s, eventually completing 90 stories over a period of 60 years. His Collected Stories were published in 1983. O'Faoláin was a controversial figure in his own lifetime and two of his books were banned for "indecency" in Ireland - his debut collection of short stories and his second novel, Bird Alone (1936).
320pp. DJ clipped and a piece missing from top but now in protective cover, name on fep otherwise clean throughout.

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  • Format/Binding Hardcover. Red Boards with Black Lettering on Spine
  • Book Condition Used - Original, Good Condition
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  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Collins
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1948

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The Short Story

by Sean O’Faolain

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Paperback. Mercier Press (Dublin), 1972. 269 pages. Condition: Fine. Binding is perfectly tight. No marks to text. Spine uncreased. Price sticker to rear card.
Scarce study of the short story form by a true master of the medium.
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The Short Story

The Short Story

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Collins., 1948. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1948. 320 pages. Pink pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.
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The Short Story

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collins 1948. first edition octavo red cloth boards, 320pp VG in G+ d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
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The Short Story

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London: Collins, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. VG, Shelfwear, bumping, dealer stamp, browning/G, Edgewear, chips, tears, associated creasing, abrasion, soiling, browning. "Considers and analyses the short story as a specialised form of the fiction writer's craft". 320 pages. Photo on request..
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Short Story

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9780815968146 / 0815968140
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Devin-Adair Pub, June 1983. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. Child's doodle in ink insid front cover otherwise pages unmarked, light reading wear.
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New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1951. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First American edition. 370pp. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, edges lightly age-toned, near fine in a good only edgeworn and torn dust jacket with faint dampstain on spine, chipped edges. The art of the short story with examples by Chekov, Maupassant, Henry James, Hemingway, and more.
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The Short Story

The Short Story

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New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1951. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. 370pp. Small bookstore label and creased on front fly, spine ends bumped, near fine in a very good edgeworn and torn dust jacket. The art of the short story with examples by Chekov, Maupassant, Henry James, Hemingway, and more.
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Short Story
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Short Story

by Sean O'Faolain

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Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780815968146 / 0815968140
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Shambhala Publications, 1983-06. Paperback. Used: Good.
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