The Modern Short Story: A Critical Survey
by Bates, H. E,
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good - Fine/Very Good - Fine
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1941 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 231 pp, preface, 10 chapters, index. Includes Gogol, Poe, Tchehov, Maupassant, Tolstoy, Wells, Kipling, Mansfield, Coppard + Irish and American. Inked name on ffep, and small plate with The Grolier Book Shop. Lightly smudged dj, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Half terracotta cloth with beige cloth boards, gilt stamping to spine..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001033
- Title
- The Modern Short Story: A Critical Survey
- Author
- Bates, H. E,
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM LITERATURE SHORT STORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....