O. HENRY MEMORIAL AWARD PRIZE STORIES OF 1940 by Hansen, Harry [editor] - 1940

New York, New York : The Book League Of America, Inc., 1936. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No Edition Or Printing Stated. Ownership Stamp On The Top Edges And Ffep. Name Written On The Ffep. Back Hinge Cracked. Page Edges And Endpapers Brown And The Top Edges Are Dust Soiled. Good Reading Copy.

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. The volume is bumped on the corners and spine ends with, additionally, fraying on the crown. The spine is sunned and mildly worn with some of the gilt backgrounds rubbed off. There is an ink name and date on the front endpaper and the first few leaves have creases on the bottom corners. Included are selections from Nelson Algren, Kay Boyle, Josephine W Johnson, MacKinlay Kantor, Ross Santee, William Saroyan, Thomas Wolfe, et al. First prize was awarded to Kay Boyle for "The White Horses of Vienna" and a special prize was awarded to Josephine Johnson for her short, short story "John the Six".

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1933. First Edition (stated) 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 290 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. "First Edition" Statement On Copyright Page. A Clean Copy With Gilt On Spine Bright, And Scarce Thus. No Dust Jacket.

London: William Heinemann Ltd.,, 1936. First British Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. LONDON : 1936. [ First published the previous year in America.]. Original grey cloth; gilt lettered spine. No owner name or internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xviii), 291 pages. CONTENTS: The white horses of Vienna by Kay Boyle -- The home place by Dorothy Thomas -- John the Six by Josephine W. Johnson -- The brothers' house by Nelson Algren -- The professor's punch by Stephen Vincent Bene?t -- Leora's father by Katherine Hamill -- Silent grow the guns by MacKinlay Kantor -- Little Elise by Dorothy McCleary -- A writer interviews a banker by Louis Mamet -- Country doctor by Don Marquis -- Jesus knew by E.P. O'Donnell -- Lay me low! by Louis Paul -- Water by Ross Santee -- Five ripe pears by William Saroyan -- "When spring brings back ..." by Edward Shenton -- First day by Richard Sherman -- Long distance by Upton… Read More

Garden City, Doubleday, Doran, 1934, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. This is John Steinbeck's second contribution to a book other than his own, it includes his short story, The Murder, plus a brief biography, pages 176-192, text from the April 1934 issue of The North American Review, this vintage anthology also includes William Saroyan, Pearl Buck, Erskine Caldwell, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, and others, Goldstone & Payne B2, not recorded by Morrow, very scarce in jacket. Very good minus.