The Penguin Book
of American Short Stories
Editor: James Cochrane
~  ~

Publication: 1976, Penguin Books, reprint

Cover art: David Pelham

Font size: small, well spaced


This collection offers twenty-one stories from the literature of America, a nation which has always been particularly at home in this form, and which has produced many of its masters.

Contents
The legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
Bartleby by Herman Melville
The man that corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain
The outcasts of Poker Flat by Francis Bret Harte
One of the missing by Ambrose Bierce
The real thing by Henry James
An unfinished story by O. Henry
The bride comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane
Neighbor Rosicky by Willa Cather
To build a fire by Jack London
Death in the woods by Sherwood Anderson
Who dealt? by Ring Lardner
Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter
The rich boy by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Delta autumn by William Faulkner
The battler by Ernest Hemingway
The jewbird by Bernard Malamud
Children on their birthdays by Truman Capote
Wife-wooing by John Updike
 

Condition  (good)

Exterior: minor shelf wear, marks & light corner creases
Interior: tanned, minor marks; publisher stamp at front
Binding: strong

Descriptions are not exhaustive, but along with my images of the book(s), I aim to provide a good idea of overall condition, including any significant defects.
If you have any questions about an item, or wish to see photos of specific details (such as the publication details page), then please message me.
~

Standard UK postage is via Royal Mail Second Class post, and I dispatch within 3 working days of payment.
Items valued over £20 will usually be sent 'Signed For', 'Tracked 48' or equivalent.
For buyers outside of the UK postal region, I prefer to use ebay's Global Shipping Programme; however, if you would like me to quote a price for direct airmail, please ask before purchasing, so I can update the listing accordingly.