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Dallas, TX:: Southern Methodist University Press,, (1988). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. First trade edition of this collection of short stories by this Minnesota-born author, originally published in The American Mercury and The Woman's Home Companion between 1925 and 1931. Includes the author's memorable classic story of Texas oil… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Toronto:: McClelland & Stewart /Douglas Gibson Book,, (2006). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. True first edition of this very personal collection of stories - stories inspired by her the history of her Laidlaw ancestors, starting in the wilds of the Scottish Border in 1700 - by this award-winning Canadian… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1972.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in brown cloth with a cream spine and gilt lettering in a like dustjacket (dj folded slightly off-center). Red tinting to top edge bright, original price of 6.95 on dj flap. . First printing. A collection of short stories by the author of Morte d'Urban,… Read more about this item

London:: Michael Joseph,, (1969). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, some wear to the dj at the top of the spine) . First printing. A collection of stories based on events on the eve of, or just after, the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II -… Read more about this item

New York & London:: Liveright,, (2018). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First US printing and first hardcover edition. First book by this Canadian author to appear in the US. Winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, these interconnected stories are set in a brand new subdivision in 1970s Toronto. "When… Read more about this item

New York:: Breakaway Books, , 1998.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of thirteen stories which "use a character's dedication (or addiction) to a sport to plumb hesitations and hopes. In 'A False Encounter,' a grieving son is driven to investigate why his seemingly happy father committed suicide. The quest… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2008.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning to edges of textblock). First printing. A collection of short stories by this Pulitzer prize winning author. Winner of the Ambassador Book Award in 2009 and named one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA:: Bronzeville Books,, (2021). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Award winning Florida author's first collection of short fiction. Alafair Burke commented that her "insight and empathy resonate throughout this beautifully written collection. She has just the right words to make us feel… Read more about this item

New York:: Putnam,, (1983). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped). First printing. A collection of short stories by this important post-modernist writer, stories which take us from New York to Copenhagen, Barcelona, Paris and more. 174 pp.

New York & Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1997.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot, just a hint of sunning to spine of dj). First printing. The author's first book, a collection of short stories set in desolate landscapes which explores the underbelly of contemporary America. Despite being praised by writers such… Read more about this item

New York:: Grove Press,, (2021). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's first collection of short fiction - contains ten stories which "subvert expectations," sometimes with a jolt of violence. 231 pp.

Chapel Hill, NC:: Shannon Ravenel / Algonquin Books,, 2002.. Hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. A collection of 15 short stories, most told in the first person voice, and most set in or around a fictional South Carolina town called Forty Five and featuring Singleton's eccentric characters - flea-market hustlers, a fish aquarium… Read more about this item

Watsonville, CA:: Papier Mache Press,, (1989). First edition -. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. The author's first book, a collection of 21 short stories, many of them focusing on women getting older and living on the edge - stories which quickly draw you in. Cover praise by Meridel Le Sueur,… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.:: Counterpoint,, (2000). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line). First printing. Posthumous collection of 20 short stories by this Irish-born author, 19 originally published in The New Yorker in the 1950s and 1960s, and set in both her native Dublin and her adopted home of Manhattan. Includes 6 stories… Read more about this item

San Francisco:: McAdam / Cage, , (2007). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A collection of interlinked short stories by this award winning writer, narrated by Rosie, "a Little Red Riding Hood type with lace-up Doc Martens" - stories for the smart, strong female who cant help getting into… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

New York:: Random House,, (1957). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in beige cloth with gilt lettering in a fair only dust jacket with some chipping, edgewear and tears along fold of front cover.. First US printing. A collection of twelve new stories, the first book in 17 years by the author of "Out of Africa."… Read more about this item

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

London:: Hodder & Stoughton,, 1905.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in orange illustrated boards.. First printing. A collection of mostly humorous stories with decorations and 10 full page illustrations by Will Owen. Tissue guard at frontispiece. 269 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads.