W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM: TELLERS Of TALES, 100 SHORT STORIES/HEMINGWAY/RARE 1939 $200
Item History & Price
TELLERS OF TALES: 100 SHORT STORIES FROM THE UNITED STATES, ENGLAND, FRANCE, RUSSIA, AND GERMANY. A DEFINITIVE ANTHOLOGY OF THE SHORT STORY. SELECTED AND WITH AND INTRODUCTION BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1939. Stated First Edition. Rare.
A rare and interesting First Edition book of selected compositions from a plethora of distinguished authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Edgar Allen Poe. With a 28-page Introduction by So...merset Maugham. This very thick book is solid and complete and in excellent condition. Published 79 years ago, this book is now rare and valuable, and it can sell for more than $200.
Contents Include: SIR WALTER SCOTT: THE TWO DROVERS; WASHINGTON IRVING: RIP VAN WINKLE & THE STOUT GENTLEMAN; EDGAR ALLEN POE: THE GOLD-BUG; GUSTAVE FLAUBERT: A SIMPLE HEART; HENRY JAMES: THE JOLLY CORNER; GUY DE MAUPASSANT: THE NECKLACE & THE LEGACY; OSCAR WILDE: THE HAPPY PRINCE; JOSEPH CONRAD: TYPHOON; H.G. WELLS: THE DOOR IN THE WALL; JACK LONDON: TO BUILD A FIRE; ERNEST HEMINGWAY: THE KILLERS; F. SCOTT FITZGERALD: THE RICH BOY...
From the Introduction: "When I set about gathering material for this anthology it was with the ambitious aim of showing how the short story had developed since the beginning of the nineteenth century. My notion was to trace its evolution as the evolution of the horse may be traced from tiny creature with five toes that ran about the forests of the Neocene period to the noble beast that, notwithstanding the mechanization of the age, still provides a decent living for bookmakers and tipsters. It is natural for men to tell tales, and I suppose the short story began in the night of time, when the hunter, to beguile the leisure of his fellows when they had eaten and drunk their fill, narrated by the cavern fire some marvelous incident of which he had heard..."
According to Wikipedia: "William Somerset Maugham, CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965), better known as W. Somerset Maugham, was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest-paid author during the 1930s. After both his parents died before he was 10, Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in his family, Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a physician. The initial run of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), sold out so rapidly that Maugham gave up medicine to write full-time..."
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Thick and heavy octavo-sized hardcover book; xxxix + 1, 526 pages of text. Very Good condition: no writing or markings in the text; no torn or missing pages; no ownership markings. Original publisher's hardcover binding, with light wear; several small white flecks of paint and one black marking on cover. A rare and engaging book, filled with an abundance of original tales from distinguished authors.
Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $5 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book that you win from me. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $40; Canadian airmail postage $30.
bruce/amaz
A rare and interesting First Edition book of selected compositions from a plethora of distinguished authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Edgar Allen Poe. With a 28-page Introduction by So...merset Maugham. This very thick book is solid and complete and in excellent condition. Published 79 years ago, this book is now rare and valuable, and it can sell for more than $200.
Contents Include: SIR WALTER SCOTT: THE TWO DROVERS; WASHINGTON IRVING: RIP VAN WINKLE & THE STOUT GENTLEMAN; EDGAR ALLEN POE: THE GOLD-BUG; GUSTAVE FLAUBERT: A SIMPLE HEART; HENRY JAMES: THE JOLLY CORNER; GUY DE MAUPASSANT: THE NECKLACE & THE LEGACY; OSCAR WILDE: THE HAPPY PRINCE; JOSEPH CONRAD: TYPHOON; H.G. WELLS: THE DOOR IN THE WALL; JACK LONDON: TO BUILD A FIRE; ERNEST HEMINGWAY: THE KILLERS; F. SCOTT FITZGERALD: THE RICH BOY...
From the Introduction: "When I set about gathering material for this anthology it was with the ambitious aim of showing how the short story had developed since the beginning of the nineteenth century. My notion was to trace its evolution as the evolution of the horse may be traced from tiny creature with five toes that ran about the forests of the Neocene period to the noble beast that, notwithstanding the mechanization of the age, still provides a decent living for bookmakers and tipsters. It is natural for men to tell tales, and I suppose the short story began in the night of time, when the hunter, to beguile the leisure of his fellows when they had eaten and drunk their fill, narrated by the cavern fire some marvelous incident of which he had heard..."
According to Wikipedia: "William Somerset Maugham, CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965), better known as W. Somerset Maugham, was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest-paid author during the 1930s. After both his parents died before he was 10, Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in his family, Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a physician. The initial run of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth (1897), sold out so rapidly that Maugham gave up medicine to write full-time..."
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Thick and heavy octavo-sized hardcover book; xxxix + 1, 526 pages of text. Very Good condition: no writing or markings in the text; no torn or missing pages; no ownership markings. Original publisher's hardcover binding, with light wear; several small white flecks of paint and one black marking on cover. A rare and engaging book, filled with an abundance of original tales from distinguished authors.
Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $5 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book that you win from me. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $40; Canadian airmail postage $30.
bruce/amaz
