Search Results: Short Story Collection from Royal Books, Inc.

New York: Self published, 1960. Archive of two pieces from one of the New York Underground's most creative and charismatic orators, Spencer Holst. Includes Holst's self-published first book, "25 Stories" (1960), and a flyer from a reading shortly after publication at The Living Theatre in New York on February 1, 1961. Holst was already a well-known and gifted speaker by the time "25 Stories" was published with the help of his wife, abstract expressionist painter Beate Wheeler. He frequently held audiences with his psychedelic and surrealistic tales and would give performances at Judith Malina and Julian Beck's The Living Theatre, selling copies of "25 Stories" at the show. Holst's work continued to fascinate audiences, and "25 Stories" was reprinted in 1993 by Station Hill Press as the better part of a career-spanning collection, "The Zebra Storyteller." Book: tall handbound perfect-bound wrappers, 4.5 x 14 inches. Spine ends chipped, cracked front hinge, dampstains and soiling, overall Good plus… Read More

London: Peter Davies, 1958. UNCORRECTED PROOF for the First UK Edition, preceded by the First American Edition published by Coward-McCann the year prior, in 1957. Rare. Very Good in publisher's card wrappers, with spine lean, moderately worn spine, and moderate foxing to wrappers and title label.

New York: Methuen, 1979. First Edition. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition in 1979. With copied manuscript annotations throughout. A collection of Fuchs' short stories and personal essays. Approximately 285 pages, with copied manuscript corrections by proofreaders throughout. Very Good plus in large format wrappers, with light soil overall and light edgewear, with a white comb binding.

New York: The Authors Guild Foundation, 1996. First Edition. First Edition. A collection of short stories and poems produced in conjunction with a dinner held on behalf of The Authors Guild Foundation at The Essex House in New York on February 26, 1996. The Authors Guild is the oldest professional organization for writers in the United States, founded in 1912. The group provides free legal counsel for its over 9000 members, and lobbies at state and national levels for legal issues regarding copyright, censorship, and publishing consolidation. Near Fine in side stapled wrappers.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1931. First American Edition, preceded by the UK edition published by John Lane, The Bodley Head the previous year. Scarce in or out of dust jacket. Very Good plus in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. Faint foxing to the bottom page edges, with a lightly toned spine and the top corner of the front board fore edge lightly bumped. Jacket is lightly chipped to the tips of the front panel, with light toning overall and a small tear to the bottom edge of the front panel.

London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1928. First Edition. First Edition. Publisher's file copy, with a label marking it as such tipped-in on the front pastedown, and blindstamped "FILE COPY" on the front flyleaf. Basis for the 1946 film noir directed by Robert Florey and starring Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, Andrea King, and Robert Alda. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dust jacket. Spine faintly faded, with faint foxing to the page edges and light offsetting to the endpapers.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Alfred A. Knopf publicist Barbara Jones-Diggs on the front endpaper: "Dear Barbara Jones-Diggs / That you liked these stories is very reassuring to me- / William Maxwell." A few tiny splashes on the bottom board edges, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: Rob Weisbach Books / William Morrow, 1999. First Edition. First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by Davis on the half-title page to fellow author "for the chief hu(man) Mr. O, aka dude with all best wishes and buckets of admiration...XX Amanda HOPE TO SEE YOU IN CANADA" and further SIGNED and dated on the title page: "Amanda Davis Wesleyan Writers Conference Summer 2000." The late author's first and only book, a collection of stories. Offutt is the author of "Kentucky Straight" and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by "Granta" magazine. He has also written for popular television shows and national publications, has been visiting faculty at numerous institutions including the Iowa Writer's Workshop, and has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1975. First Edition. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with slip laid in. Collects twenty-six stories by the author of the MacMurray Award-winning novel, "The House of Breath" (1950). Foxing to the top page edges, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Fayetteville, AR: The University of Arkansas Press, 1989. First Edition. First Edition. Collects thirty-nine short stories by Cassill, editor of the "Norton Anthology of Short Fiction." Foxing to the page edges and jacket verso, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2005. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the first blank page: "Magdalen / Best wishes to you on your 60th birthday. Hope you enjoy these strange little stories! / David Crouse / January 2006." Flannery O'Connor Award medal on the front jacket panel. Slight spine lean, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: Doubleday, 1962. First Edition. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's review slip laid in. The author's last book, a collection of short stories. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket spine lightly toned.

Greenwich: Gold Medal, 1966. First Edition. No. D1690. First Edition, a paperback original. Very Good plus in wrappers, with creasing on the spine. Holroyd, p. 287. Shine, p. 16.

New York: E.P. Dutton / Seymour Lawrence, 1984. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. About Fine in wrappers.

London: Harborough Publishing Co, 1960. First UK Edition of Salinger's second book, his first collection of stories, published in the US as "Nine Stories." Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. First Edition. Wolfe's first collection of short stories. About Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket is lightly rubbed, with light nicking to the extremities.

New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. First Edition. First Edition. A follow-up to Arthur Mason's "The Wee Men of Ballywooden," published the year prior. Three tales for children, set in Ireland. Near Fine in a Good dust jacket. Jacket moderately edgeworn and rubbed, with creasing and loss on the top edge of the rear panel, and a lightly faded spine panel.Scarce in jacket.

Evanston: Regency, 1961. First Edition. No. RB-102. First Edition, a paperback original. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A collection of short stories, including Harlan Ellison's classic story "Daniel White for the Greater Good." Fine in wrappers. Holroyd, p. 500.

Boston: Four Seas, 1922. First Edition. First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper to playwright George Middleton: "To George Middleton / with pleasant memories / Gertrude Stein." Middleton's nephew David's ownership stamp on the front pastedown. New Jersey-born playwright, director, and producer George Middleton served as president of the Dramatists Guild of America from 1927 to 1929. He is perhaps best remembered today for his instrumental role in creating the Minimum Basic Agreement, a collective bargaining agreement that covers benefits, rights, and protections for Writers Guild of America members. Middleton was also known for his collaborations with Guy Bolton, including the successful 1917 stage comedy "Polly With a Past," basis for the 1920 film adaptation. A collection of stories and plays by Stein, including "Miss Furr and Miss Skeene," originally published in "Vanity Fair" magazine in 1922 and now credited as one of the first stories to use the word… Read More

New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1931. First Edition. First Edition. A collection of interlinked short stories about a boy and his grandfather, set in the farm country of upstate New York. Near Fine, with a lightly faded spine, in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket is lightly chipped, with a light diagonal crease on the front panel.