FICTION / Short Stories (single Author) from Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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THE BLACK DOG
by COPPARD, A. E., Alfred Edgar
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- Used - Fine
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- good plus
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- First Edition
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- ( 1925 )
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- Hardcover
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London: Jonathan Cape, ( 1925 ). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good plus. Octavo, 294 pages, clothbacked boards, untrimmed fore and bottom edges, paper label on spine; dj spine split at joint, chipped by title; ex libris John M. Cameron, a bibliophile and Scottish Member of Parliament.
Eighteen short stories. This copy has the authentic title-page, and not the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE FIELD OF MUSTARD
by COPPARD, A. E., Alfred Edgar
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- Used - Fine
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- good plus
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- First Trade Edition
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- ( 1926 )
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- Hardcover
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London: Jonathan Cape, ( 1926 ). First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good plus. Octavo, 320 pages, clothbacked boards, untrimmed fore and bottom edges, paper label on spine; dj spine darkened, ex libris John M. Cameron, a bibliophile and Scottish Member of Parliament.
Eleven short stories. The signed edition was limited to only 85 copies. This issue was 2000… Read more about this item Item Price
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FISHMONGER'S FIDDLE
by COPPARD, A. E., Alfred Edgar
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- good plus
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- First Trade Edition
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- ( 1925 )
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- Hardcover
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London: Jonathan Cape, ( 1925 ). First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good plus. Octavo, 324 pages, clothbacked boards, untrimmed fore and bottom edges, paper label on spine; dj spine darkened, tips of spine chipped; ex libris John M. Cameron, a bibliophile and Scottish Member of Parliament.
Seventeen short stories. The signed edition was limited to only 60 copies.… Read more about this item Item Price
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SILVER CIRCUS
by COPPARD, A. E., Alfred Edgar
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- Used - Fine
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- good plus
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- First Trade Edition
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- ( 1928 )
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- Hardcover
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London: Jonathan Cape, ( 1928 ). First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good plus. Octavo, 320 pages, clothbacked silver boards, untrimmed fore and bottom edges, paper label on spine; dj spine darkened, tips of spine worn, ex libris John M. Cameron, a bibliophile and Scottish Member of Parliament.
Eleven short stories. The signed edition was limited to only 125… Read more about this item Item Price
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WHILOMVILLE STORIES
by CRANE, Stephen
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- Used - Very Good
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- First printing
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- 1900
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- Hardcover
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New York: Harper & Bros, 1900. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Peter NEWELL. 12mo, 198 pages, decorated green cloth, leaf 63/64 creased at corner. Ex libris Wm. Sahud
First printing, with copyright notice held by William Howe Crane [Stallman 26; BAL 4089]. Illustrated by Peter NEWELL. Item Price
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THE LETTERS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD. 2 volumes
by MANSFIELD, Katherine
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- Used - Good
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- Second Printing
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good. Octavos; 517+ pages, clothbacked cloth, inked inscription for Cora Fonda Snell Crary
"My hope is that, taken together with her JOURNAL, the letters as now arranged will form an intimate and complete autobiography for the last ten years of her life.... Mansfield's one concern was to leave behind… Read more about this item Item Price
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VOLUME THE THIRD
by AUSTEN, Jane.
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- First edition thus
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- 1951
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- Hardcover
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo; viii, 133 pages, linen-backed gray boards, paper spine label, untrimmed fore-edge, some foxing to endpapers; with an extra spine label tipped-in at the rear.
Here is the final portion of Austen's juvenilia, written into one of three manuscript notebooks which she kept between 1790 and 1793.This edition… Read more about this item Item Price
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"The Pampered Men" in THE ROMANTIC EGOISTS.
by FITZGERALD, F. Scott
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- Used - Fine
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- fine
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- First Trade edition
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- (1974)
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- Hardcover
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- 9780684139234
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1974). First Trade edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Zelda Fitzgerald. .Folio, 246pp., black cloth, minor wear to dj.
This is the first appearance of this FSF article. A pictorial autobiography from the scrapbooks and photo albums of Scott and Zelda, with an Introduction by their daughter. Includes a color section reproducing Zelda's paintings [Bruccoli2, B95].… Read more about this item Item Price
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EARLY POEMS AND STORIES
by Yeats, William Butler
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- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First American Edition
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- 1925
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- Hardcover
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New York: Macmillan, 1925. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo, 528 pages, embossed green cloth, spine torn at top joint, untrimmed on two edges, embossed stamp on free endpaper
With a two page Dedication by Yeats in May, 1925. Item Price
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The Consul's File
by Paul Theroux
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- Used - Very Good
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- very good
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- First printing
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780395253993
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo, 209 pages, clothbacked boards
Post-colonial Malaysia. [ Ahearn 012 c ]. Item Price
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ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE
by THOMAS, Dylan
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- Used - Very Good
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- very good
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- First American edition
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- ( 1955 )
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- Hardcover
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( Norfolk, VA ): New Directions, ( 1955 ). First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Octavo, viii, 275 pages, cloth, embossed name on endpaper; dj edgeworn
A posthumous collection. [ Rolph B27 ]. "The aim of this book was to gather together all stories by Dylan Thomas that were not permanently available in book form. ... about… Read more about this item Item Price
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" Adventures In Texas." in TALES FROM " BLACKWOOD "
by [ POSTL, Karl / Carl Postl ]. HARDMAN, Frederick. Charles Sealsfield.
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- New edition
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- [ 1849 or later ]
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- Hardcover
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Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood And Sons, [ 1849 or later ]. New edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo, mulitple paginations, half polished calf, marbled boards, Ex libris John McEwen.
"Translations [originally published in Blackwood's magazine] by Frederick Hardman of extracts from Das Cajütenbuch" --Streeter. TEXAS. Hardman translated these pieces from the original German of Karl Postl.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alligator Report
by W.P Kinsella
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- issued without dj
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1985
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780918273109
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Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Fine/issued without dj. 8vo, 125 pages, pictorial stiff wrappers
This collection of short stories was dedicated to and an homage toward Richard Brautigan, and includes a letter Kinsella wrote to Brautigan in 1980. "Many of the short, surrreal pieces in this book owe a debt to Richard Brautigan. I… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dumb-Animal
by Sitwell, Osbert
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
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- First American edition
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- 1931
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- Hardcover
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1931. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo, 317 pages, decorated light green cloth (some fading at the spine); short tear in green dj, which is darkened at the spine, worn at the tips
[Fifoot O-A17c]. "It is difficult to give too much praise ... Mr. Sitwell has wit, knowledge… Read more about this item Item Price
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At the Crossroads
by Lewis, Daniel E.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1980
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780682496315
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Exposition Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 12mo, 103 pages, blue cloth; dj front flap slightly frayed
Presentation copy in 1980. Hoosier author's tales of the travelers encountered at the Crossroads Restaurant at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, aka ORD. The restaurant is gone now, but its memories are reported here. Item Price
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RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS And SEYMOUR An Introduction
by SALINGER, J. D
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- Used - Very Good
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- very good
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- First edition
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- ( 1963 )
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- Hardcover
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Boston: Little, Brown, ( 1963 ). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo, green cloth, a bit cocked; dj nicked, spine lightly faded; slight cut at to joint of dj
Third issue with dedication page tipped-in after the title page, and with "Seymore" for "Seymour" at mid-page on p. 173. Item Price
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Three Players Of A Summer Game
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
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- Used - Very Good
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- very good
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- First edition
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 12mo, 223 pages, light spots on top cover
His first short story collection in Britain. There can seldom have been a more persuasive portrait of a man going to pieces than that of Brick Pollitt in the volume's title story. Includes "One Arm" and … Read more about this item Item Price
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THE EVANGELICAL COCKROACH
by WOODFORD, Jack, pseud. [ WOOLFOLK, Josiah Pitts ]
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- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover
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New York: Louis Carrier & Co., 1929. First. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, 309 pages, maroon cloth, good, lacks front free endpaper
Author's first book. Woodford was a prolific writer during the Chicago Renaissace who knew all the writers here, but he is ignored by nearly all critics because most of his material appeared in 'sex magazines'. [See… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LAST CAROUSEL
by ALGREN, Nelson
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1975
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780399111310
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- 1
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New York: Putnam, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo, 435 pages, beigh cloth
Algren's last collection of his fiction before he left Chicago Item Price
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Passions and Other Stories
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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- Used - Fine
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- very good
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- First printing
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- ( 1975 )
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- Hardcover
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ( 1975 ). First printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 8vo, 312 pages, clothbacked boards; dj lightly toned at white rear panel
Singer won the National Book Award for his previous collection of short stories. Three years after this book he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Item Price
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