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Cerf, Bennett (editor).. Great Modern Short Stories.. NY, Modern Library, 1942, 1942.
Price: US$10.50 + shipping
Description: NY, Modern Library, 1942, first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. P4, includes John Steinbeck's The Red Pony, pages 405-469, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne or Morrow, also includes Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, W. Somerset Maugham, Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, and others. Very good.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$13.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: dj w/chipping, price clipped,some staining, in mylar,; 480 clean, unmarked pages; #168 in series, solid rmaroon c w/gilt spine titles; Sadamitsu Neil Fujitat end papers, publisher's stamp on flyleaf; Includes 5 English stories: Heart of Darkness (Conrad) , The Apple Tree (Galsworthy) , The Prussian Officer (Lawrence) , Miss Brill (Mansfield) and The Letter (Maugham). Also includes 7 American stories: The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Hemingway) , Paul's Case (Cather) , I'm a Fool (Anderson) , Haircut (Lardner) , Turn About (Faulkner) , The Old Demon (Buck) , and The Red Pony (Steinbeck). Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$14.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: *HARDBACK, stated First Modern Library Giant Edition in good condition. Not an ex.library, but an Ex.Women's Resource Center w/stamp and a previous owners name sticker on inside front board. Grey boards w/lettering on spine. Boards have some shelfwear, minor rubbing at spine ends and corners. The ffep has been cut from the book, and some pencilled pricing notations on upper right corner of half title page can be erased. Book is otherwise clean and binding tight. Some minor tanning on endpapers.
Seller: The Book Exchange, Hickory, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later. Very good Light browning of page edges and spine, spine ends bumped. Stories by John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Ring Lardner, and others. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: as pictured, the First Modern Library stated a very good condition hardcover, no dust jacket. crease to the front cover nicks worn spine ends bumped corners
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Originally in included in the Modern Library in 1942. Toledano 59.1. Hanneman A.16.1.f. A Fine copy in Binding B (green cloth, no earlier than 1945 per Toledano). No edition or printing statement on copyright page. Dark grey topstain. Plain unprinted endpapers. 597pp. Lacking the dustwrapper. Includes the earlier version of EH's Preface with the remarks about The Fifth Column, which were later deleted. Clean text and endpapers. ML kept it in print until 1955. Q16267
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. The Modern Library, USA, 1942.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust Jacket has wear and soiling. Wear to the edges/spine on the book. Pages have tanning, otherwise Very Good.
Seller: Fallen Leaf Books, Nashville, IN, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Modern Library, New York, 1942.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Modern Library Giant edition stated on copyright page. In gray boards with red and gold stamping. Red topstain still bright. Book appears lightly read. Price intact jacket has 281 titles listed on verso. Jacket has some closed tears, rubbing and light tanning to spine. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Modern Library, New York, 1942.
Price: US$96.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Modern Library Giant edition. Very good hardcover in acceptable dust jacket. Gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt emblem on front. No marks or names inside except owner name on front flyleaf. Light tanning to spine and pages. Jacket has age tanning and 1-2 inch open tears at on spine ends and corners.
Seller: Brused Books, Pullman, WA, U.S.A.
Ernest Hemingway. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. The Modern Library, New York, 1942.
Price: US$157.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first forty-nine stories and the play, "The Fifth Column." From the Modern Library giant series, G59, second or later edition, but early based on covers and spine. In original, unclipped, dust jacket in mylar; jacket has light rubbing aat corners. Blue-grey cloth over boards with publishers device on front and spine, and gilded lettering inside red labels on spine; head, tail, and corners very lightly bumped. Edges with a few small spots. Interior is very clean and clear. Near fine.
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RARE 1942 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET IN AMAZING NEAR FINE CONDTION! The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1942 stated. This is a Modern Library Giant edition, number G59. The book is bound in blue/grey cloth type G4 binding with plain end papers. Book is NEAR FINE binding solid and tight with minimal shelf wear, bright red top stain perfect, gilt bright and nice, no writing or marks, contents are clean and bright. GORGEOUS!! The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with the slightest of chipping at extremities. It is very bright and clean with $1.45 price present on inside flap. 284 titles listed on the back panel indicating a 1942 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. VERY HARD TO FIND THIS FIRST EDITION WITH A DUST JACKET IN THIS CONDITION! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Hemingway, Ernest.. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway.. The Modern Library, 1942.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First ML Stated. First Printing, First Binding. Grissom A.16.1.f. Binding A in dull grey cloth with titles in gilt on red panels at spine, plain white endpapers, with first price. Toledano 59.1, issued as ML Giant #59. Verso of jacket lists 292 titles, so circa no later than 1943. A Fine copy, two small spots to topstain, in a Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped, no fading, no toning, no chips or tears. 597pp. The Preface by EH is the first version, referring to The Fifth Column, which was later dropped from later editions of the stories. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Though there were 10K copies in the first printing, this book is difficult now to locate in the first, and in collectible condition. Q17566
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.