Category: Literature Anthologies

Absinthe: New European Writing 8

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Absinthe Arts 21 : January 2007

Seller ID: 20080826146692

ISBN: B001AEPB9A

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Best European Fiction 2013

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press : November 2012

Seller ID: 202035

ISBN-13: 9781564787927

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Good

Owner stamp & pencil marginalia inside, clean & solid.
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Fifty Great Short Stories (Bantam Classics)

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Bantam Classics : August 1983

Seller ID: 191966

ISBN-13: 9780553277456

Binding: Trade

Condition: New

50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world's finest short fiction.

The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O'Connor.

The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common--the enduring quality of the writing, which places them among the masterpieces of the world's fiction.
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Fifty Great Short Stories (Bantam Classics)

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Bantam Classics : August 1983

Seller ID: 209784

ISBN-13: 9780553277456

Binding: Trade

Condition: New

50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world's finest short fiction.

The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O'Connor.

The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common--the enduring quality of the writing, which places them among the masterpieces of the world's fiction.
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McSweeney's Issue 32 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern)

Price: $24.00

Publisher: McSweeney's : October 2009

Seller ID: 20100917178185

ISBN-13: 9781934781357

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Because it seemed important to know in advance, we've dedicated Issue 32 to an investigation of the world to come--expect a set of near-future stories, written by the likes of Anthony Doerr, Heidi Julavits, and Salvador Plascencia, each of 'em unearthing a different corner of life in the year 2024. This will be, we are sure, way more entertaining than waiting fifteen years for the real thing.

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New Directions in Prose and Poetry 48 (New Directions in Prose & Poetry)

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New Directions : November 1984

Seller ID: 184447

ISBN-13: 9780811209120

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Owner name, lightly rubbed, contents pristine.
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New Directions in Prose and Poetry, 49 (New Directions in Prose & Poetry)

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New Directions : November 1985

Seller ID: 184448

ISBN-13: 9780811209687

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Light rubbing, owner name inside cover, contents pristine.
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New Stories From the South: The Year's Best, 2000

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Algonquin Books : September 2000

Seller ID: 20071004124965

ISBN-13: 9781565122956

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Whether it's the bodybuilder who picks up energy in the air, the rich girl who sees potential in the beer-drinking factory worker at her father's cardboard plant, the girl who turns against her evangelist father to find the real Jesus, the aunt with a withered arm who may have influenced Flannery O'Connor, the feminist scholar trying to reason with a good old boy, or the young MFA student determined to write a good story, this year's collection is about the connections these Southerners will to happen. Each story, as Ellen Douglas's thoughtful preface says, testifies to our need to feel and un...
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Mariner Books : October 2009

Seller ID: 20090921162185

ISBN-13: 9780547241609

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

This great volume highlights the very best of this year's fiction, nonfiction, alternative comics, screenplys, blogs and more (OK ). Compiled by Dave Eggers and students from his San Francisco writing center, it is both uproarious and illuminating (Publishers Weekly).

The Northcote Anthology of Short Stories

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Harold Shaw Publishers : October 1992

Seller ID: 20071004124961

ISBN-13: 9780877885894

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

The Reader's Adviser ; A Layman's Guide to Literature

Price: $6.00

Publisher: R.R. Bowker Company : January 1977

Seller ID: 20091016163308

ISBN-13: 9780835208529

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Usual ex library markings, clean & solid.
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The German Classics, Vol. XVI: Wilbrandt, Anzengruber, Rosegger, Schonherr (Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English - Illustrated Patron's Edition)

By: Adolf Wilbrandt, Ludwig Anzengruber, Peter Rosegger, Karl Schonherr

Price: $25.00

Publisher: German Publication Society : 1914

Seller ID: 203709

ISBN: 281BYM1026441

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Gold-embossed green cloth boards, scuff on spine, surface damage to upper back corner; gilt upper text block slightly marred, very solid sewn binding, lightly toned deckle-edged pages, color illustrations & black and white engravings, some covered with tissue guards. No jacket as issued as part of 20-volume set.
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Classics Old and New: A First Reader

By: Alderman, Edward A.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: American Book Co : December 1908

Seller ID: 20071215130053

ISBN: 991126416

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Used - good, no dustjacket. Cloth boards soiled, worn at corners and spine ends; many pages with soiling and stains, some pencil marks, a lovely, well-loved classic with charming illustrations, some in color.
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The German Classics, Vol. VIII: Berthold Auerbach, Jeremias Gotthelf, Fritz Reuter, Adalbert Stifter, Wilhelm H. Riehl(Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English - Illustrated Patron's Edition)

By: Berthold Auerbach, Jeremias Gotthelf, Fritz Reuter, Adalbert Stifter, Wilhelm H. Riehl

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, German Publication Society : 1914

Seller ID: 203582

ISBN: 281BYM1026436

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Gold-embossed green cloth boards, back cover heavily mottled and scuffed; a few scratched on gilt upper text block,solid sewn binding, deckle-edged pages evenly toned and free of marks, color illustrations plus b& w engravings, some covered with tissue guards. No jacket as issued as part of 20-volume set.
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The German Classics, Vol. V: Fichte, Schelling, Schleiermacher, L. A. Von Arnum, C. Brentano, et al (Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English - Illustrated Patron's Edition)

By: Fichte, Schelling, Schleiermacher

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, German Publication Society : 1913

Seller ID: 203580

ISBN: 281BYM1026434

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Gold-embossed green cloth boards with light rubbing & scuffing; gilt upper text block intact, solid sewn binding, even toned deckle-edged pages free of marks, color illustrations and engravings covered with tissue guards. No jacket as issued as part of 20-volume set.
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Conscious Reader, The

By: Finestone, Harry,Shugrue, Michael,Belford, Fontaine Maury

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon : July 1997

Seller ID: 215002

ISBN-13: 9780205268481

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Allyn & Bacon, 1998, Seventh Edition. Moderate cover wear, firm binding, text unmarked.
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American Poetry & Prose (2 Volume Set)

By: Foerster, Edited by Norman

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co. : December 1946

Seller ID: 135080

ISBN: B000GZWHV4

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Normal scuffing and rubbing wear, fabric separation along cover edges. Some underlining in the text, which shows toning and foxing. Bottom line-- a great anthology of texts.
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The German Classics, Vol. II: Goethe: Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English (Patron's Edition)

By: Goethe

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, German Publication Society : 1913

Seller ID: 203578

ISBN: 281BYM1026432

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The elegant patron's edition features gold-embossed green cloth boards, deckle edges, gilt upper text block, vintage illustrations, fine rag paper. Solid sewn binding, front pastedown loosened at one edge, blueish mottling and rubbing near/at board edges, scattered blue spots on cover, gilt textblock nicked; pages bright & unmarked, illustrations and tissue guards intact. Contains Goethe's 'Elective Affinities,' 'Shakespeare and Again Shakespeare,' 'Winckelmann and His Age,' 'Conversations with Eckermann,' 'Letters to Von Humboldt.'
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The German Classics, Vol. IX: Hebbel, Ludwig (Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English - Illustrated Patron's Edition)

By: Hebbel, Friedrich, Ludwig, Otto

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, German Publication Society : 1914

Seller ID: 203584

ISBN: 281BYM1026438

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Gold-embossed green cloth covers slighty mottled and scuffed; gilt upper text block intact, solid sewn binding, even toned deckle-edged pages free of marks, color illustrations and engravings covered with tissue guards. Contains Hebbel's plays & other stories; Ludwig's 'Between Heaven and Earth.' No jacket as issued as part of 20-volume set.
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The German Classics, Vol. VI: Heinrich Heine, Franz Grillparzer, Ludwig von Beethoven (Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English - Illustrated Patron's Edition)

By: Heinrich Heine, Franz Grillparzer, Ludwig von Beethoven

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, German Publication Society : 1914

Seller ID: 203583

ISBN: 281BYM1026437

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Gold-embossed green cloth covers & spine, back cover mottled & rubbed along edges; gilt upper text block intact but a little scratched; solid sewn binding; even-toned deckle-edged pages free of marks; vintage color illustrations and engravings, some covered with tissue guards. No jacket as issued as part of 20-volume set.
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Category: Literature Anthologies