Goodbye, Son and Other Stories

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 202 pages; VG-/Poor; red cloth spine with black lettering; dust jacket in three pieces, spine and front cover missing, back cover and two jacket flaps split but present; some shelfwear and rubbing to the book's exterior; age-toning and staining to the tail of the… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated first edition of this collection of short fiction from the Chicago born author and poet, Janet Lewis. From the personal library of Madeleine L'Engle, with her married ownership signature (Hugh and Madeleine Franklin), Chicago, March, 1946 on the front pastedown. Very good copy with fading to spine. Tight… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Octavo. 202pp A very good copy in a chipped jacket missing a portion of the spine. Inscribed to "my dear Ilse" by Lewis in 1946 Inscribed By Author

Garden, City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 202 pages. Lewis' fourth book a collection of twelve short stories. A very near fine copy in very near fine dust jacket with only the most minute of wear. A much nicer than usual copy.

Garden City: Doubleday,, 1946.. First edition.. 202 pp. Very near fine in very good dust jacket with some light edgewear and two short closed tears. SIGNED by Lewis on the half-title page.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company,, 1946.. First edition.. 202 pp. Spine sunned, else near fine in full red cloth. Lacks dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Lewis on the front free endpaper, “For D. and Mrs Adams / with great affection / from Janet.”

Athens: Swallow Press/University of Ohio Press , (1986).. First revised edition. . 211 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. This collection adds The Breakable Cup not included in the 1946 edition.

Garden City: Doubleday,, 1946.. First edition.. 202 pp. Very good plus in like, price-clipped dust jacket with insect damage along rear flap fold and wear to base and crown of spine. Dated (May 12/46) and INSCRIBED by Lewis.

Swallow Press, 2019. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Swallow Press, June 1986. Trade Trade. Very Good. Very Good- Softcover. Light to moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers, including bumping and creasing on corner. Wrinkle on spine. Textblock lightly soiled. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

Swallow Press. Used - Good. Good condition. (short stories, manners and customs) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

UsedVeryGood. Clean copy. No major signs of wear save for light shelfwear on cover.

Swallow Press, 1986-06-30. First revised edition. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Swallow Press, 1986-06-30. Hardcover. Good.

Swallow Press, 1986-06-30. Paperback. Good.

Swallow Press, 1986-06-30. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New. Lewis' only collection of short fiction was first published in 1946, but remains as quietly haunting today as it was then. Set in small communities of the upper Midwest and northern California in the '30s and '40s, these midcentury gems focus on the quiet cycles connecting youth and age, despair and hope, life and… Read more about this item

Swallow Press, c.1986, (orig. c.1946), trade paperbk.prtg., 221pp., G $

Swallow Pr, 1986. Paperback. New. reissue edition. 221 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.75 inches.

Swallow Press, 2019-08-16. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!