Search

Criteria:
  • Keyword = short stories
Page:129303132Next ›Modify search
Showing 901 to 930 of 935
  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins." A presentation copy, SIGNED on the title page, and very warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page to another writer, and dated in 2004. ISBN: 0-15-1008523.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 48913
    View cart More details Price: $30.00
  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.). First edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins."274 pp.

    Condition: Fine in very light gray printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 59246
    View cart More details Price: $20.00
  • GOOD AS ANY: Stories. by Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    Westmoreland, Timothy A.
    GOOD AS ANY: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of eight short stories set in rural New England and rural Texas, which "explore the reality of life among the ill, the dying and the disadvantaged people who seem to exist at the margins." A presentation copy, SIGNED on the title page, and very warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page to another writer, and dated in 2004. ISBN: 0-15-1008523.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81292
    View cart More details Price: $30.00
  • LIFE IN THE TEMPERATE ZONE and Other Stories. by Wexelblatt, Robert.
    Wexelblatt, Robert.
    LIFE IN THE TEMPERATE ZONE and Other Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's first book, a collection of fourteen stories, many about love in all its forms. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-813515351.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 85128
    View cart More details Price: $18.50
  • RED CLAY READER Volume 4. by Whisnant, Charleen, editor.
    Whisnant, Charleen, editor.
    RED CLAY READER Volume 4.

    Edition: First printing.

    Charlotte, NC: Southern Review, (1967). Hardcover first edition - Hardcover journal of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. This includes several articles on Southern author and journalist W. J. Cash, an interview with Gary Snyder as well as a poem by him, poetry by George Garrett, Rebecca Brown and many others, short stories by Kelly Cherry, Max Steele, Leonard Gardner and more. Illustrated with photographs and drawing. Biographical notes. Large format, 134 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in illustrated red boards - significant rubbing to the covers and some shelfwear, contents are near fine.

    Book ID: 71926
    View cart More details Price: $20.00
  • ARIZONA NIGHTS. by White, Stewart Edward.
    White, Stewart Edward.
    ARIZONA NIGHTS.

    Edition: Vintage reprint - first thus.

    Garden City, NY: Sun Dial Press, (1937) dj. Hardcover - A substantial collection of stories set in the plains and desert lands of the Southwest, originally published in 1907. Divided into three parts - Arizona Nights, The Two Gun Man and The Rawhide. Glossy frontispiece and dj art by L. C. Wyeth. 351 pp.

    Condition: Very good in blue cloth with orange lettering on spine (gift inscription on rear endpaper in a worn dust jacket with some loss at the ends of the spine, overall edgewear. Uncommon in dust jacket even on reprint editions. Dust jacket now protected by an archival cover.

    Book ID: 86107
    View cart More details Price: $35.00
  • FOURTEEN HILLS Vol. 7, No. 1 Fall / Winter 2000 The SFSU Review. by Wickswo, Quintan Ana, editor.
    Wickswo, Quintan Ana, editor.
    FOURTEEN HILLS Vol. 7, No. 1 Fall / Winter 2000 The SFSU Review.

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: San Francisco State University. 2000. First edition - Includes poetry, fiction and drama by Fanny Howe, Alice Jones, Harry Mathews, Elizabeth Robinson, Cole Swenson, Jennifer Kollmer, and more. Interview with John O'Keefe. Notes on contributors. 158 pps. plus ads

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 76644
    View cart More details Price: $23.50
  • DAMBALLAH. by Wideman, John Edgar.
    Wideman, John Edgar.
    DAMBALLAH.

    Edition: First UK printing and first hardcover edition.

    London: Allison & Busby, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 12 interrelated stories which traces the fortunes of an African American family from slavery to escape and resettlement in the North, and also follows the history of Homewood, a Pittsburgh community founded by a runaway slave. Oriignally published as a paperback original in the US, this is the first hardcover edition. 205 pp. ISBN: 0-85031-5492.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 54420
    View cart More details Price: $35.00
  • GOD'S GYM. by Wideman, John Edgar.
    Wideman, John Edgar.
    GOD'S GYM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 10 stories which explore issues of strength and faith, fate and belief by this award-winning author (among his many awards is the Rea Award for accomplishment in the short story form.) 170 pp. ISBN: 0-618515259.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (crease on front flap of dj)

    Book ID: 83530
    View cart More details Price: $16.50
  • THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 1996. by Wideman, John Edgar, editor; Lan Samantha Chang, signed.
    Wideman, John Edgar, editor; Lan Samantha Chang, signed.
    THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 1996.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1996. SIGNED - An anthology from magazines in the US and Canada published in 1995. Introduction by Wideman. Includes stories by Rick Bass, Robert Olen Butler, Lan Samantha Chang, Jamaica Kincaid, Alice Adams, Stephen Dixon, Junot Diaz, Mary Gordon, Melanie Rae Thon and more. SIGNED by Lan Samantha Chang at her story "The Eve of the Spirit Festival." Notes on the contributors, a listing of other distinguished stories, and information on the magazines. 363 pp. ISBN: 0-395-752900.

    Condition: Good only (some dampstaining affecting upper corner of last 40 pages or so - still a good reading copy.)

    Book ID: 55481
    View cart More details Price: $19.50
  • Wiggins, Marianne
    BET THEY'LL MISS US WHEN WE'RE GONE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second collection of short stories. SIGNED on the title page by the author. ISBN: 0-06-0161396.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (a tight copy, appears unread, but with a remainder line.)

    Book ID: 21501
    View cart More details Price: $32.00
  • Wiggins, Marianne
    BET THEY'LL MISS US WHEN WE'RE GONE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second collection of short stories. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-06-0161396.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 30800
    View cart More details Price: $25.00
  • BET THEY'LL MISS US WHEN WE'RE GONE by Wiggins, Marianne
    Wiggins, Marianne
    BET THEY'LL MISS US WHEN WE'RE GONE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second collection of short stories. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0161396.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 49129
    View cart More details Price: $13.50
  • A FLUSH OF SHADOWS: Five short novels featuring Constance Leidi and Charlie Meiklejohn. by Wilhelm, Kate.
    Wilhelm, Kate.
    A FLUSH OF SHADOWS: Five short novels featuring Constance Leidi and Charlie Meiklejohn.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of five shorter pieces featuring Leidi and Meiklejohn, including their first case "With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope" and two - "Torch Song" and "All for One" - which had never been published before. INSCRIBED on the title page. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-312130759.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77818
    View cart More details Price: $35.00
  • STATE OF GRACE: Author's Choice Monthly, Issue #16. by Wilhelm, Kate.
    Wilhelm, Kate.
    STATE OF GRACE: Author's Choice Monthly, Issue #16.

    Edition: First printing, a numbered and signed limited edition.

    Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects six short stories and an introduction by Wilhelm. One of 300 hardcover copies SIGNED by the author on the title page and individual numbered on the colophon. Frontispiece and cover art by George Barr. 98 pp plus statement of limitation.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81729
    View cart More details Price: $35.00
  • AND THE ANGELS SING. by Wilhelm, Kate (1928-2018)
    Wilhelm, Kate (1928-2018)
    AND THE ANGELS SING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 12 short stories, including the Nebula award winning "Forever Yours, Anna." INSCRIBED on the title page. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-068980.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 77627
    View cart More details Price: $28.50
  • ON THE GRIDIRON and Other Stories of Outdoor Sports, Harper's Athletic Series #2. by Williams, Jesse Lynch; S. Scoville Jr., J, Conover, J. Henderson and Paul Hull.
    Williams, Jesse Lynch; S. Scoville Jr., J, Conover, J. Henderson and Paul Hull.
    ON THE GRIDIRON and Other Stories of Outdoor Sports, Harper's Athletic Series #2.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. Hardcover first edition - The second title in the 4 book "Harper's Athletic Series" published in 1909-1910, described as "Selected Stories of Track, Diamond, Gridiron, Golf, and Other Sports.. . They carry a fresh, manly outdoor atmosphere." Copyright page lists to this title. Other authors include William Murray Graydon, Ida Kenniston and more. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece with a tissue guard and seven inserted plates. All of the titles in this series are quite uncommon. 224 pp.

    Condition: Fair condition only in illustrated light green cloth - fraying to the sides of the spine, corners bumped, front hinge cracking. Missing one plate.

    Book ID: 76260
    View cart More details Price: $25.00
  • ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION, March 2006, Volume 30, Number 3. by Williams, Sheila, editor,
    Williams, Sheila, editor,
    ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION, March 2006, Volume 30, Number 3.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dell Magazines, 2006. First edition - Features novelettes by David Ira Cleary and Paul J McAuley, short stories by Robert Reed, Deborah Coates, poetry and more. included Reflections by Robert Silverberg. Introduces a new puzzle - science fiction sudoku. Illustrated. Cover art by J.K. Potter. 142 pp.

    Condition: Very good (remnants of mailing label)

    Book ID: 84583
    View cart More details Price: $11.50
  • ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION, FEBRUARY 2016, Volume 40, Number 2. by Williams, Sheila, editor; An Owomoyela, Bruce McAllister, contributors.
    Williams, Sheila, editor; An Owomoyela, Bruce McAllister, contributors.
    ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION, FEBRUARY 2016, Volume 40, Number 2.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dell Magazines, 2016. First edition - Features novelettes by Nick Wolven and An Owomoyela, short stories by Sean McMullen, Bruce McAllister, Michael Libling and more. included Reflections by Robert Silverberg. Illustrated. Cover art by Alejandro Colluci. 112 pp.

    Condition: Very good (no label)

    Book ID: 84582
    View cart More details Price: $11.50
  • TESSERACTS TEN: A Celebration of New Canadian Speculative Fiction. by Wilson, Robert Charles and Edo van Belkom, editors.
    Wilson, Robert Charles and Edo van Belkom, editors.
    TESSERACTS TEN: A Celebration of New Canadian Speculative Fiction.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Calgary, Alberta: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, (2006). First edition - Includes stores by Scott McKay, Victoria FIsher, Matthew Hughes and others. Introduction by Wilson and a final essay on Canadian SF comes of age by van Belkom. Notes on contributors. 301 pp. ISBN: 978-1894063364.

    Condition: Ex-library with spine label, stamp on first page, but overall tight and clean in glossy wrappers (wrappers have been laminated to protect them)

    Book ID: 73204
    View cart More details Price: $11.50
  • THE ARMLESS MAIDEN and Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors by Windling, Terri, editor.
    Windling, Terri, editor.
    THE ARMLESS MAIDEN and Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A rather uncommon anthology of fantasy stories by Emma Bull, Delia Sherman Patricia McKillip, Ellen Kushner, Susan Palwick, Stephen Gould, Sharon Olds, Jane Yolen and many others. Introduction by Windling, notes on contributors and a list of recommended reading. 382 pp. ISBN: 0-312852347.

    Condition: Very good in very near fine dust jacket (spine slant, binding cracked before title page)

    Book ID: 80098
    View cart More details Price: $24.50
  • Winton, Tim.
    MINIMUM OF TWO: Stories.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories by this prize-winning Australian author. 153 pp. ISBN: 0-689-11978x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 35823
    View cart More details Price: $25.00
  • Winton, Tim.
    MINIMUM OF TWO: Stories.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of short stories by this prize-winning Australian author. 153 pp. ISBN: 0-689-11978x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 38517
    View cart More details Price: $25.00
  • Wiser, William.
    BALLADS, BLUES & SWAN SONGS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first collection of short stories & fourth book - twelve spare and memorable stories of sailors, drifters and losers - some set in France were Wiser chose to live. Recommended. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-689111886.

    Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (2 short closed tears to upper edge of dj - dj now protected by an archival copy.)

    Book ID: 32873
    View cart More details Price: $16.00
  • JEWISH NOIR. by Wishnia, Kenneth, editor
    Wishnia, Kenneth, editor
    JEWISH NOIR.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Oakland CA: PM Press, (2015). SIGNED first edition - A collection of 33 new stories by authors both Jewish and not-Jewish, including Marge Piercy, Harlan Ellison, S. J. Rozan, Wendy Hornsby, Charles Ardai, Moe Prager/Reed Farrell Coleman, Alan Orloff, Jonathan Santlofer, Gary Phillips, and many others. The stories "explore such issues as the Holocaust and its long-term effects on subsequent generations, anti-Semitism in the mid- and late-20th-century United States, and the dark side of the Diaspora." Includes an introduction by Wishnia and brief biographical notes on the contributors. INSCRIBED by Wishnia on the title page. 418 pp plus 12 pp publishers' ads. ISBN: 978-1629631110.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 79227
    View cart More details Price: $30.00
  • PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE PERFECT: A Text Anthology of Speculative & Science Fiction. by Wolf, Jack C. and Gregory Fitz Gerald, editors.
    Wolf, Jack C. and Gregory Fitz Gerald, editors.
    PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE PERFECT: A Text Anthology of Speculative & Science Fiction.

    Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

    Greenwich, Conn: Fawcett Publications, Inc., (1973). First edition - A collection of classic science fiction by contemporay authors, those from the 19th and early 20th centuries and those whose stories were precursors to speculative fiction. The authors include Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Graham Greene, B.F. Skinner, Ray Bradbury, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Francis Bacon, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and many others. Preface and introduction by the editors. 544 pp. ISBN: 0-44900606.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 74813
    View cart More details Price: $12.00
  • THE 1973 ANNUAL WORLD'S BEST SF. by Wollheim, Donald A., editor.
    Wollheim, Donald A., editor.
    THE 1973 ANNUAL WORLD'S BEST SF.

    Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

    New York: DAW Books, (1973.). First edition - An anthology of 10 short stories, originally published in magazines during the year, with an introduction by Wollheim. Includes stories by , Frederik Pohl, Clifford D. Simak, Vernon Vinge, James Tiptree and others. 253 pp. plus 3 pp publisher's ads.

    Condition: Very good (light creasing to spine)

    Book ID: 77780
    View cart More details Price: $8.50
  • A KILLING CLIMATE: Collected Short Mysteries. by Wright, Eric.
    Wright, Eric.
    A KILLING CLIMATE: Collected Short Mysteries.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Contains all of this award-winning Canadian writer's short stories, including a locked-room mystery, "An Irish Jig" and several set in the Hudson Bay area. Also included is the first short tale about Charlie Salter, a novella, "The Lady of Shalott," written especially for this book, a checklist of Eric Wright's works and a new introduction by Wright. Number 111 of 225 copies sewn in cloth and SIGNED and numbered by the author on a special preliminary page. Laid in is a separately printed pamphlet, "Lodgings for the Night" by Eric Wright. 211 pp plus colophon. Pamphet has 9 pp. ISBN: 1-885941870.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.) plus fine pamphlet.

    Book ID: 78995
    View cart More details Price: $35.00
  • FAMILY MEN. by Yarbrough, Steve.
    Yarbrough, Steve.
    FAMILY MEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Prize-winning Mississippi writer's first book, a collection of eleven short stories. Dustjacket praise from James Lee Burke, Lewis Nordan, Larry Brown and others. 167 pp. ISBN: 0-8071-1619X.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket. Review copy with publisher's letter laid in.

    Book ID: 58732
    View cart More details Price: $75.00
  • MISSISSIPPI HISTORY: Stories. by Yarbrough, Steve.
    Yarbrough, Steve.
    MISSISSIPPI HISTORY: Stories.

    Edition: 2nd printing, a trade paperback original.

    Columbia: University of Missouri Press, (1994). SIGNED - SIGNED on the title page. 156 pp. ISBN: 0-8262-0967x.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 59032
    View cart More details Price: $20.00