THE BEST OF THE BEST: Celebrating Fifty Years of Signet Authors
by Koster, Elaine (editor); Pittman, Joseph (editor)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0451193903
- ISBN 13
- 9780451193902
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Signet, 1998. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. THE BEST OF THE BEST is an anthology of original short stories written especially for the occasion of Signet Books' Fiftieth Anniversary and previously unpublished elsewhere. The eighteen authors and their stories are: Lisa Alther, 'Stormy Weather'; Laurence Block, 'Headaches and Bad Dreams'; Larry Collins, 'Baby-Sitting Ingrid'; Jeffrey Deaver, 'Wrong Time, Wrong Place'; E.L. Doctorow, 'Untitled'; Joy Fielding, 'Mother's Day'; Stephen Frey, 'Paranoia'; Eileen Goudge, 'The Price of Tea in China'; Joan Hess, 'Six Shades of Black'; Wendy Hornsby, 'The Naked Giant'; Erica Jong, 'Songs in the Key of I'; Stephen King, 'L.T.'s Theory of Pets'; Tabitha King, 'Djinn and Tonic'; Ed McBain, 'Where or When'; Sharyn McCrumb, 'An Autumn Migration'; Joyce Carol Oates, 'Color Blind'; Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, 'A Place for Nathan'; and Linda Lay Shuler, 'The Unsung Song of Mary Gallagher.' Fine,first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped[ MLBS`
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4979
- Title
- THE BEST OF THE BEST: Celebrating Fifty Years of Signet Authors
- Author
- Koster, Elaine (editor); Pittman, Joseph (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0451193903
- ISBN 13
- 9780451193902
- Publisher
- Signet
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SHORT STORIES AMERICAN FICTION COLLECTIONS 20TH CENTURY ANTHOLOGIES MULTIPLE AUTHORS Anthologies (multiple authors)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Stories;
- Product_type
- 2
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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Los Angeles, California
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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