FOR MEN ONLY: A Collection of Short Stories
by Cain, James M. (Edited, with an Introduction)/Woollcott, Alexander; Hemingway, Ernest; Maugham, W. Somerset; Farrell, James T.; O'Hara, John; Cobb, Irvin S.; Lardner, Ring; Bierce, Ambrose; Steinbeck, John; Collier, John; Shaw, Irwin; Boyle, Jack; et
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company (1944) 352 pp. Original dark brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on tan cloth spine. Binding lightly rubbed. Bottom corners bumped; spine darkened. Top edge gilt; light foxing to edges of text block. "The World Publishing Company, With the Season's Greetings" card tipped-in on half-title page. #191 of 500 copies. This is the first appearance of James M. Cain's "The Girl in the Storm." Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7833
- Title
- FOR MEN ONLY: A Collection of Short Stories
- Author
- Cain, James M. (Edited, with an Introduction)/Woollcott, Alexander; Hemingway, Ernest; Maugham, W. Somerset; Farrell, James T.; O'Hara, John; Cobb, Irvin S.; Lardner, Ring; Bierce, Ambrose; Steinbeck, John; Collier, John; Shaw, Irwin; Boyle, Jack; et
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL SHORT STORIES COLLECTION SHORT STORY AUTHORS CAIN JAMES MALLAHAN 1892 1977 NOVELISTS LITERARY WORKS
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- New
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- Gilt
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