O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1935. [by various authors.]. Selected and edited by Harry Hansen. LONDON : 1936. [ Includes Only the dead know Brooklyn by Thomas Wolfe; Five ripe pears by William Saroyan; etc.,]

London: William Heinemann Ltd.,, 1936. First British Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. LONDON : 1936. [ First published the previous year in America.]. Original grey cloth; gilt lettered spine. No owner name or internal markings. Tight, bright and clean. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xviii), 291 pages. CONTENTS: The white horses of Vienna by Kay Boyle -- The home place by Dorothy Thomas -- John the Six by Josephine W. Johnson -- The brothers' house by Nelson Algren -- The professor's punch by Stephen Vincent Bene?t -- Leora's father by Katherine Hamill -- Silent grow the guns by MacKinlay Kantor -- Little Elise by Dorothy McCleary -- A writer interviews a banker by Louis Mamet -- Country doctor by Don Marquis -- Jesus knew by E.P. O'Donnell -- Lay me low! by Louis Paul -- Water by Ross Santee -- Five ripe pears by William Saroyan -- "When spring brings back ..." by Edward Shenton -- First day by Richard Sherman -- Long distance by Upton Terrell -- My father sits in the dark by Jerome Weidman -- Only the dead know Brooklyn by Thomas Wolfe. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.