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THE COLLECTED STORIES OF EUDORA WELTY
by Welty, Eudora
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a near fine slipcase.
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. First edition. Fine in a near fine slipcase.. Limited autographed edition of Welty's collected short fiction, one of 500 copies signed by the author. A beautiful copy of this lovingly produced signed special edition, including all of Welty's (then) published stories since 1941, as well as two that had not yet appeared in print; the later paperback edition would win a National Book Award. With her 1980 introduction offering some notes on the history of their composition and her experiences with editors and readers Robert Penn Warren, Katherine Anne Porter, and William Maxwell. "I have been told," she writes, "both in approval and in accusation, that I seem to love all my characters. What I do in writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart, and skin of a human being who is not myself." 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original burgundy cloth with gilt decoration and spine lettering. Maroon endpapers. In original maroon paper-covered slipcase with mounted paper label. 622 pages. Signed by Welty on recto of limitation page; numbered 211 of 500 copies on verso. Touches of shelfwear to slipcase. Else bright, clean, and sound overall.
Synopsis
This collection includes all forty-one of Eudora Welty's published stories, as well as a preface written for this book by Ms. Welty herself. Some selections included in this book: "A Piece of News" "The Hitch-Hikers" "A Curtain of Green" "Death of a Traveling Salesman" "Powerhouse" "The Wide Net" "The Winds" "At the Landing" "No Place for You, My Love" "The Burning" (if this and "At the Landing" don't dispel the image of Eudora Welty as the harmless little Southern lady, nothing ever will) "The Bride of the Innisfallen" "Ladies in Spring" "Where Is the Voice Coming From?" "The Demonstrators"
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- Type Punch Matrix
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50804
- Title
- THE COLLECTED STORIES OF EUDORA WELTY
- Author
- Welty, Eudora
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a near fine slipcase.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Woman Author,20th century,1980s,Gift Idea,Limited Edition,Post-WWII
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- Spine
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- Verso
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