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Great Modern Short Stories: The Complete and Unabridged Texts of Twelve of the Most Famous Stories of Our Time
by Cerf, Bennett A. (Editor)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Modern Library, 1942. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Modern Library No. 168 n clean unclipped original jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean red cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean, with black top-stained upper page edges. Kent style endpapers, with attractive old bookplate on front pastedown (no name) - no other marks. 480 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped (1.45 on front inside flap), two very short closed edge tears, slight age-toning to spine; 374 titles on inverse of jacket. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Story authors include Hemingway, Steinbeck, Maugham, Faulkner, Pearl Buck, Willa Cather.best of the best..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034354
- Title
- Great Modern Short Stories: The Complete and Unabridged Texts of Twelve of the Most Famous Stories of Our Time
- Author
- Cerf, Bennett A. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- MODERN LIBRARY 168, SHORT STORIES, LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories/Anthologies; Modern Library Editions;
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