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Small, Maynard & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Gift inscription on front endpaper; interior pages with text without any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
The Best Short Stories of 1923, and the Year Book of the American Short Story by [Hemingway, Ernest]. O'Brien, Edward J. (Editor) - 1924
by [Hemingway, Ernest]. O'Brien, Edward J. (Editor)
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The Best Short Stories of 1923, and the Year Book of the American Short Story
by [Hemingway, Ernest]. O'Brien, Edward J. (Editor)
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Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1924 First edition, first printing. Publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt; in the original white dust jacket, lettered in blue. Book fine; dust jacket with some light toning to the spine, minor wear to the extremities, discreet tape reinforcement to the verso at the spine ends, short closed tear to the front panel, minor soiling to the panels. Overall, an excellent and very attractive copy. The Best Short Stories of 1923 is an anthology of popular fiction from 1923 that includes Ernest Hemingway's "My Old Man," Edna Ferber's "Home Girl," Theodore Dreiser's "Reina," and Sherwood Anderson's "The Man Story," among others. The Best Short series was a yearly publication with selections and edits by Edward J. O'Brien that ran 1915-1926. Notably, The Best Short Stories of 1923 includes a selection from Ernest Hemingway's first published work, Three Stories and Ten Poems, although his name is misspelled as "Hemenway" throughout the volume.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.
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- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
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- Edition 1st Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Boston: Small, Maynard and Company
- Date Published 1924
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The Best Short Stories of 1923: And the Yearbook of the American Short Story
by Hemingway, Ernest )edited By Edward J. O'Brien
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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The Best Short Stories of 1926 and the Book of the American Short Story
by O'Brien, Edward J. (ed.); Hemingway, Ernest; Lardner, Ring , et al (contibute)
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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NY: Dodd Mead, 1926. First. Hard Cover. First printing. Navy blue cloth lettered in gilt. Contains the first book appearance of Hemingway's "The Undefeated" as well as conributions by Ring Lardner ("Travelogue") and others. A tight, nearly fine example with just a touch of rubbing to the publisher's imprint on foot of spine, all other gilt bright. Small private individual's library sticker front pastedown and small vintage bookseller's label rear pastedown. No jacket. A nice example indeed of this early Hemingway appearance.
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THE KILLERS" THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1927
by ANTHOLOGY O'Brien, Edward J. Ernest Hemingway, Sherwood Anderson, Dubose Heyward, J. P. Marquand
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Rochester, Michigan, United States
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THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1927, edited by Edward J. O'Brien, D-M, 1928, first edition, gilt spine lettering all but gone, else a vg+ copy. Contains "THE KILLERS" by Hemingway as well as contributions by Sherwood Anderson, Dubose Heyward, J. P. Marquand, et.al.
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The Best American Short Stories of 1926
by O'BRIEN, Edward J., editor (Ernest Hemingway)
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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$225.00
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1926. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Rebound in three-quarter red morocco, raised bands, title, ruled, and decorations in the compartments in gilt, top edge gilt. Bookplate, else fine. Includes the first book appearance of "The Undefeated" by Ernest Hemingway, as well as contributions by Ring W. Lardner, Zona Gale, Robert E. Sherwood and others.
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THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1926.
by O'Brien, Edward J. (Ed.) Hemingway, Ernest. (Contributor)
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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NY: DODD, MEAD & COMPANY.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in navy blue cloth with orange topstain & gilt titles on front cover & at spine, lacking the dust jacket. (Faint spot of shelf soiling to covers, otherwise tight with gilt bright. ) Features the FIRST book appearance of Ernest Hemingway's story "The Undefeated." .
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THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1923
by Hemingway, Ernest (O'brien, Edward J. (Ed. )
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Overland Park, Kansas, United States
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Small, Maynard & Company: Boston. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1924. First Edition; Second Printing. Includes Hemingway's story "My Old Man." This is the first American book appearance of a short story by Ernest Hemingway (reprinted from Three stories and ten poems, Paris in 1923. O'Brien dedicated this book to Hemingway, whose name is misspelled in the printed dedication and the contents page; in fact, throughout the book. Very good first edition, stated second printing, Jan. , 1924. What appears to be the original sales receipt for this book has been laid inside. It's dated Sep 2, 1924, $2.50 which matches publisher's price on DJ spine.. A couple of pages have offset where it appears paper has been laid inside for decades, including receipt which now is laid inside the front of book. Modest rub to gilt title lettering and moderate tone to contents. Very good, scarce original dust jacket with small wear/tear to edges, no stand out issues just about a…
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The Best Short Stories of 1923.
by [HEMINGWAY, Ernest] O'BRIEN, Edward J. (ed.)
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- Used - Bookplate to front free endpaper; some effacement to gold on spine; otherwise a very good copy in a chipped example of the scarc
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Rochester, New York, United States
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Boston:: Small, Maynard and Co.,, [1924].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Bookplate to front free endpaper; some effacement to gold on spine; otherwise a very good copy in a chipped example of the scarce jacket, lacking about 1/4 of the spine. Some tiny internal scotch tape repairs.. 8vo,. Includes Hemingway's story "My Old Man." This is the first book appearance of a short story by Ernest Hemingway. O'Brien dedicated this book to Hemingway, whose name is misspelled in the printed dedication and the contents page; in fact, throughout the book.
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" My Old Man" in The Best Short Stories of 1923.
by [HEMINGWAY, Ernest] O'BRIEN, Edward J. (ed.)
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- Used - A fine copy in a bright, fresh jacket with one tiny chip and a light stain to the verso of the front panel, which does not show
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Rochester, New York, United States
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Boston:: Small, Maynard,, [1924].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. A fine copy in a bright, fresh jacket with one tiny chip and a light stain to the verso of the front panel, which does not show through. Quite uncommon in dust jacket.. 8vo,. This volume contains Hemingway's first commercially published short story. O'Brian dedicated the volume to him, but his name is misspelled "Hemenway" throughout.
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“My Old Man” in The Best Short Stories of 1923. Edited by Edward J. O’Brien
by HEMINGWAY, ERNEST & O’BRIEN, EDWARD J
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Boston: Small, Maynard, 1924. First Edition. Hemingway’s first appearance in an anthology and his first published book appearance in America as a professional writer. His name is misspelled “Hemenway” in the book, even on the dedication page as O’Brien dedicated the volume to him. Small spot on front board else near fine in dust jacket with a few minor mends by an expert paper conservationist. Rare in dust jacket.
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$1,750.00