O. Henry Memorial Award: Prize Stories of 1946
by Herschel Brickell [editor]; John Berryman; Kay Boyle; Dorothy Canfield; Truman Capote; Patricia Highsmith; Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsIrwin Shaw; Eudora Welty; Jessamyn West and Others
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good+
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1946. First Edition Stated . Hardcover. Very Good +/Good+. Patricia Highsmith's contribution "The Heroine" was first published in Harper's Bazaar magazine, this may be her first story published in book form. Truman Capote's contribution "Miriam" also very early work published in book form. Nice clean copy, black cloth with bright titles in gilt on spine, solid binding, former owner's name and date Dec. 25, 1946 on front pastedown, mostly hidden by the dust jacket flap. Dust jacket has a few short closed edge tears, chip at base of spine, mild fading of the spine panel, presents well in a new mylar sleeve.
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- Title
- O. Henry Memorial Award: Prize Stories of 1946
- Author
- Herschel Brickell [editor]; John Berryman; Kay Boyle; Dorothy Canfield; Truman Capote; Patricia Highsmith; Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsIrwin Shaw; Eudora Welty; Jessamyn West and Others
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Stated
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1946
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