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Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo 359pp. collection of short stories by popular and critically acclaimed humorist under the satirical guise of a guide to writing. #01460. Book VG: bookplate on front paste down, toning/foxing/offset to endpapers, wear to paste downs, text clean, binding tight.
Seller: Matthew's Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Spine is cracking at front endpaper. Front hinge is loose. Corners are lightly bumped, and beginning to chip. Pages have some yellowing. Endpapers have some rubbing. Lettering on spine has faded. Spine has some light chipping.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Lardner, Ring. How to Write Short Stories. Charles Scribner's Sons, NewYork, 1924.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In green cloth with gilt to spine and author's facsimile signature blind stamped to cover. Some spots/smudges to top of spine around type. Some light fraying to spine ends and a few spots rubbed through at corners. Interior clean and binding solid. Previous owner's name to ffep with price in pencil. Another price in pencil to rear pastedown with small bookstore sticker. 3rd Printing
Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Lardner, Ring. How To Write Short Stories. Charles Scribner & Sons, N.Y, 1924.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 359 pages. Blue cloth binding. Gilded lettering and design on spine. Side and bottom edges untrimmed. All 4 corners of binding are lightly frayed. Top and bottom edges of spine are lightly creased. All around a great book in good condition. Pictures upon request. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Lardner, Ring. How to Write Short Stories [With Samples]. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1924.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine and corners a trifle rubbed, gilt lettering on spine bright but not brilliant. An unusually nice copy of this title. Size: 8vo
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
ring w. lardner. how to write short stories. charles scribner's sons, new york & london, 1924.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated second printing May, 1924clan ,tight binding, light corner bumps and wear.
Seller: broken wing books, blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Lardner, Ring. How to Write Short Stories. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York City Ny / London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 359 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, With 1924 Date On Title Page And Scribner Seal On Copyright Page, No Mention Of Later Printings. Rare to see a copy in very good condition. Bumping on edges, slight fraying, tear on first blank page--free end paper, but no marks or discoloration. No fading--spine letters are clear and crisp.
Seller: Turn and Temper Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$97.20 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: X, (I), 359 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, With 1924 Date On Title Page And Scribner Seal On Copyright Page, No Mention Of Later Printings. Quite Worn, Frayed At Corners, Hinges Cracked, Cover Gilt Bright But Spine Gilt Completely Darkened. Ownership Signature Of Social Artist William Gropper. Signature Below Shows As "Ring" Which Could Well Be Lardner's, Although The "I" Is Topped With A Small Circle Whereas All Examples Of His Signature That I Have Seen Have A Dot Over The I.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.