THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF O. HENRY
by Henry, O
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ to Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library, 1945. Selected and with an Introduction by Bennett A. Cerf and Van H. Cartmell. Stories include: The Gift of the Magi; Mammon and the Archer; From the Cabby's Seat; The Romance of a Busy Broker; The Enchanted Profile; The Hiding of Black Bill; The Ransom of Red Chief; A Blackjack Bargainer; The Making of a New Yorker; A Municipal Report; and others. 338 pp. Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering on front and spine. Missing DJ. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, spine edges are bent. Red top page edge. Interior is tight and clean. Book in Good+ to VG- condition.. Cloth. Good+ to Very Good-/No Jacket. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/4". Famous Author.
Synopsis
The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library's seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torch-bearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as well as inaugurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern Library continues to provide the world's best books, at the best prices.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006075
- Title
- THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF O. HENRY
- Author
- Henry, O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Famous Author, Short Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Famous Authors;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/4"
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About the Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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