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Great Short Stories of the World: 71 of the Finest Stories Ever Written
by Reader's Digest Editors
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0895770083
- ISBN 13
- 9780895770080
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Pleasantville, New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1974, 1974. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Large octavo, hardcover, beige cloth boards with black cloth at spine. Boards are lightly scuffed; interior near fine. No dj. Dozens of short stories by the best writers in the world. All stories in English here, some of them in translation. Includes: Steinbeck, Maugham, Chekhov, Wilde, Buck, Huxley, Sayers, de Maupassant, Crane, Hemingway, Joyce, Conrad, Saki, Thurber, Capote, H. G. Wells, Ol. Henry, and others. 799 pages.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5923
- Title
- Great Short Stories of the World: 71 of the Finest Stories Ever Written
- Author
- Reader's Digest Editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0895770083
- ISBN 13
- 9780895770080
- Publisher
- Pleasantville, New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1974
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, Ny
- Date Published
- 1974
Terms of Sale
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bookwitch
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Concord, California
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