1995, ISBN: 9780313283550

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New York, New York, U.S.A. : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the American Book Award-winning… Meer...

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the American Book Award-winning author of ANCESTORS and TIME WILL DARKEN comes a masterful collection of stories, spanning more than 50 years--a tour of a world that engages readers entirely, and whose characters command the deepest loyalty and tenderness. William Maxwell was best known as the fiction editor of The New Yorker magazine for forty years (1936-1975), where he worked with writers such as Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike, J.D. Salinger, John Cheever, Mavis Gallant, Frank O'Connor, Larry Woiwode, John O'Hara, Eudora Welty, and Isaac Bashevis Singer. As an editor Welty wrote of him: "For fiction writers, he was the headquarters." New, pristine, unread, first edition, first printing in flawless new mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not reainder-marked or price-clipped} M111, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1995, 6, NY: DOUBLEDAY.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9997375882 . First edition. Near fine in a Vg. + dust jacket. (Light offsetting to end-papers. Edge tears & general wear to jacket. ) Features work by: Richard Yates, John Cheever, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Saul Bellow & others. ., DOUBLEDAY., 1956, 4, New York, New York, U.S.A. : Alfred A., Knopf, Inc., 1995. Special Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/Slipcase. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. William Maxwell was the fiction editor of The New Yorker magazine for forty years (1936-1975), where he worked with writers such as Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike, J.D. Salinger, John Cheever, Mavis Gallant, Frank O'Connor, Larry Woiwode, John O'Hara, Eudora Welty, and Isaac Bashevis Singer. As an editor Welty wrote of him: "For fiction writers, he was the headquarters." From the American Book Award-winning author of ANCESTORS and TIME WILL DARKEN comes a masterful collection of stories, spanning more than 50 years--a tour of a world that engages readers entirely, and whose characters command the deepest loyalty and tenderness. As new, unread, first edition, first printing, as issued without dust jacket, in matching slipcase that show some shelf wear to bottom edge. This advance printing precedes the first hardcover edition. BUND, Alfred A., Knopf, Inc., 1995, 5, Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 18mo, 227 pages, clothbacked boards First book publication of these early Cheever stories which appeared in periodicals in the 1930s and 1940s. Inscribed by the editor , 2 April 1994, to a good friend., Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited, 1994, 5, New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First edition/first printing in about Fine condition with slight fading to edges in alike, slightly toned dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century, as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number; In Bullet Park, John Cheever immerses the reader in the world of a small New England town in the 1950s. The townspeople are a tight-knit community and their lives revolve around the local bullet park. Teenaged Joe, the son of the town's only grocery store owner, is the town's favorite son. Joe is an excellent shot and the townspeople are constantly in awe of his skills. When Joe's father dies, Joe is forced to take over the store. In order to make ends meet, Joe begins to offer shooting lessons to the townspeople. As the town comes to rely on Joe's shooting skills, they begin to unravel the secrets of Bullet Park.; 8vo ., Alfred A. Knopf, 1969, 5, Westport, CT: Greenwood Pub Group, 1994. 303pp. Inscribed by author on ffep. Presents critical reception to the works of John Cheever. Clean. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Greenwood Pub Group, 1994, 4<