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San Francisco:: City Lights Books,, (1975). First edition -. Very good in illustrated wrappers (prev owner's name). . First thus- a trade paperback. A re-issue of the original Seven Seas edition (published in Berlin in 1966) by this journalist and radical activist best known for "Ten Days That Shook the World" about the October Revolution. This edition includes a new a preface by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who notes that "no American publisher saw fit to print" these stories, as well as an additional piece "Almost Thiry", Reed's assessment of himself, looking back. 144 pp. Original price of $3.00 on the back cover which notes that these were "suppressed and ignored short stories."

New York:: The Viking Press,, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. His sixth collection of short stories. The title story is an account of life in a post-apocalyptic world, where the narrator only survived the plague that destroyed almost the entire human population because he was camping in a remote Sierra cabin, SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 303 pp.

Columbia, MO:: University of Missouri Press,, (1973). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fair only dust jacket (overall edgewear and short closed tears to the dj, small hole in middle of spine, toning - now protected by an archival cover) .. First printing. A collection of five stories. A Breakthrough Book. 113 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1995.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket. . First printing. A collection of his stories spanning 50 years of writing, selected by Maxwell himself. He was the New Yorker fiction editor for more than 40 years, and the recipient of the American book award. These 23 short stories and 21 "improvisations" are the ones that he deems worth saving. All the tales from "Over by the River and Other Stories" (1977) and from "Billie Dyer and Other Stories" (1992) are included, as are 16 of the 29 improvisations originally published as "The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales" (1966). This also includes the first book appearance of eight other storie. The contents of the stories range from his experiences as a boy in Lincoln, Illinois where he was born, to time spent in France and in New York City. Includes a brief preface by Maxwell. x, 415 pp.

New York:: Seven Stories Press,, (2002). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The first major collection of short stories by this award-winning author. It includes 22 stories which "range widely in style and period, from the 1950s to the present, from absurdist exercises to romantic tales, from stories about childhood innocence to novellas of murder and revenge." SIGNED on the title page. 251 pp.

New York:: Picador,, (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of twelve stories, which reveal Scholz's remarkable range. "Traveling from the surface of the moon to the New Jersey suburbs, from Jan Van Eycks 'invention' of oil painting to the aged Ezra Pound at St. Elizabeths, from Galileo's telescope to a theory of catastrophes, they explore the places in the human mind where science and fiction merge." SIGNED on the title page and dated 25 Feb 03, in the month of publication. 208 pp.

Columbia & London:: University of Missouri Press,, (1999). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. His fourth book, second collection of short fiction, eight stories, many about Southerners, loners and Vietnam veterans who experiences are still filtered through the memories of horror. SIGNED on the title page. 159 pp.

New York:: HarperCollins,, (2000.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Although Banks is best known as a novelist, he has also won awards for his short stories and this collection, which includes stories written over a period of 30 years, contains many examples of his most powerful stories. Included are the best stories from his previous volumes, revised for this collection, and nine new stories, as well as an introduction and afterword by Banks. The settings range from New Hampshire and working class New England to Florida, the Caribbean and Africa. xix, 506 pp.

Edinburgh:: Canongate Books Ltd,, (2006). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new) in a fine black slipcase. . First printing. A collection of seven short stories set in the same world - that is, 1870s London - and featuring some of the characters from "The Crimson Petal and the White," his epic (and bestselling) masterpiece. SIGNED on the title page. Includes a foreword in which he explains how these stories came to be published. Ribbon marker bound in. xix, 190 pp.

New York:: Norton,, (2013). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A collection of five long stories by this National Book award-winning writer - stories which draw on her training in biology and which focus on the intersections between science and ethics, as they "unfold five pivotal moments in the lives of her characters and in the history of knowledge. . . In 1920, a popular science writer and young widow tries, immediately after the bloodbath of the First World War, to explain the new theory of relativity to an audience (herself included) desperate to believe in an 'ether of space' housing spirits of the dead. In 1873, a famous biologist struggles to maintain his sense of the hierarchies of nature as Darwins new theory of evolution threatens to make him ridiculous in the eyes of a precocious student. The twentieth-century realms of science and war collide in the last two stories, as developments in genetics and X-ray technology that had… Read More

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2014). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A collection of ten short stories by this two time Booker award winning writer. 201 pp. An uncommon advance issue.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2014). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. A collection of ten short stories by this two time Booker award winning writer. 242 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2001). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Award-winning author's second collection of short stories - but the first to be published in hardcover by a major publisher. These stories, mostly set on the West Coast, are about people "trying to make sense of the world that has fallen out beneath them." 318 pp.

Fayetteville:: The University of Arkansas Press,, 1993.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A powerful collection of short fiction - stories which "explore love, loss and hope" - by this award-winning author. 133 pp.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1968). Hardcover -. Ex-library with the usual markings, spine slant and reading wear in a very good dustjacket (wear to base of spine) . First printing. A collection of ten short stories, most which originally appeared in the New Yorker, with an introductory note by Stafford. vii, 276 pp. Dust jacket by Ellen Raskin.

Dalkey Archive Press,, 2003.. First edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers - appears unread, but corners slightly bumped.. First printing, a trade paperback original. A collection of 12 darkly humorous, "wildly inventive, deadpan commedies" by this award winning Canadian author. A Lannan Selection in the Canadian Literature Series. 212 pp

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2014.. First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A collection of eight short stories. 160 pp.

New York:: Ticknor & Fields,, 1990.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line). First printing. Highly praised collection of short stories by this writer who was included on Granta's list of the 20 best young American novelists. SIGNED on the title page. 230 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1997.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Her second highly praised collection (her third book) of a dozen very original short stories. 254 pp.

London:: Viking,, (1986). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line). First UK printing. A collection of 12 stories by this award winning Samoan writer, which offer a portrait of the fascinating and complex world of Samoa - and also, they reflect the experiences of people everywhere. 176 pp.