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Chicago: Academy Chicago Publlishers, 1988. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue glazed wrappers. iv, 23pp. Fine. Promotional brochure for this hotly contested and eventually suppressed compilation, featuring two short stories ("Bayonne" and "Town House"). Laid in by the publisher is a 3 pages' worth of articles concerning the hullaballoo. Rather scarce.
The Uncollected Stories of John Cheever. 1930-1981: Advance Excerpt (Not the Complete Book) by Cheever, John. (Text) Donaldson, Scott. (Introduction) Dennis, Franlin H. (Ed.) - 1988
by Cheever, John. (Text) Donaldson, Scott. (Introduction) Dennis, Franlin H. (Ed.)
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The Uncollected Stories of John Cheever. 1930-1981: Advance Excerpt (Not the Complete Book)
by Cheever, John. (Text) Donaldson, Scott. (Introduction) Dennis, Franlin H. (Ed.)
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ACADEMY CHICAGO. CHICAGO 1988. Fine. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. ADVANCE EXCERPT. (Not the complete book) (23pp. ) Features the stories: "Bayonne""The Town-House" & "Habit". Fine in blue stapled wrappers, bearing the applied label stating "This Sampler Is Not Authorized By The Family Of John Cheever" on the front cover. 2 of the stories printed within this advance sampler were later suppressed from inclusion in the final published book, which did not go to press for more than five years due to legal wrangling with Cheever's estate. .
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The Uncollected Stories of John Cheever, 1930-1981
by CHEEVER, John
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(Advance Excerpt): The Uncollected Stories of John Cheever, 1930-1981
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Chicago: Academy, 1988. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Advance Excerpt. Fine in wrappers. Prints three previously uncollected short stories. The book was suppressed by Cheever's estate before publication.
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The Uncollected Stories of John Cheever 1930-1981 [Advance Reading Copy]; [together with] The Uncollected Stories of John Cheever 1930-1981 [Advance Excerpt] [and together with] Uncollecting Cheever: The Family of John Cheever vs. Academy Chicago Publishers
by CHEEVER, John (1912-1982); Anita Miller (1926-2018)
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Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers [through 1998], 1988. First Edition. Fine/Fine. A trio of publications (Advance Reading Copy, Advance Excerpt, and First Printing), all unread and virtually pristine, documenting four years of litigation in state and federal courts that ended in a stop-publish order barring a volume of uncollected short stories by John Cheever. Demy 8vo (228 x 151; 228 x 151; 227 x 140mm): xx,534; iv,5-23,[1]; xii,363,[1]pp. The uncorrected proof was suppressed prior to publication due to a legal dispute with Cheever's estate. Original sky-blue blue wrappers printed in black. The excerpt was permitted publication in lieu of the first trade edition. Stiff blue card printed in orange on upper cover. Miller's account, Uncollecting Cheever, appeared in 1998. This collection of 68 stories (legally barred from publication or even circulated to reviewers in the form of this scarce advance ready copy) begins with Cheever`s first published story, ''Expelled,'' from a 1930 issue of the New…
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