Stories deal with an unpublished writer, a telephone network of friends, a widowed mother, a murdered intruder, a suicide, child abuse, and a waxworks
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"Highsmith writes the verbal equivalent of a drug--easy to consume, darkly euphoric, totally addictive."
Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.
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Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated first American edition. DJ in archival cover. Seller Inventory # 010147
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
First UK Edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 165202
Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
Hard Cover in Slipcase. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. One of 250 copies [this being #232] SIGNED & NUMBERED by the author on a special fold-out limitation sheet bound-in at the half-title page. Fine in dj, in slipcase, as issued. Slipcase shows very lightly wear. Twelve short stories about guilt and justice, mainly their complete absence in human beings and in our world, one of the bleakest and darkest visions by any writer in our time. Signed by Author. Limited/ Numbered Edition. Seller Inventory # 021338
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Octavo, 178 pages. In Very Good condition with Near Fine condition dust jacket and Very Good minus condition slip case. Slip case has mild sun fading along the edges of the open end and mild shelving wear along tail edge. Spine is gilt with green lettering. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering. Boards are bound in green cloth, have mild shelving wear along tail edge, and a small black spot on front tail joint. Signed flat and numbered #236/250 by Patricia Highsmith on tipped in, folded publisher's limitation page. JW consignment. Shelved Hallway. 1385466. Special Collections. First US Edition, Limited Edition #236/250. Seller Inventory # 1385466
Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
Hard Cover in Slipcase. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition. One of 26 LETTERED copies [this being letter " L "] SIGNED & LETTERED by hand by the author on a special fold-out limitation sheet bound-in at the half-title page. Fine, unread copy in dust jacket in slipcase, as issued. Slipcase shows very lightly wear. Twelve short stories about guilt and justice, mainly their complete absence in human beings and in our world, one of the bleakest and darkest visions by any writer in our time. Signed by Author. Limited / Lettered Edition. Seller Inventory # 021309
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. New York: Mysterious Press, [1979]. First Edition, Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 240. Octavo; publisher's cloth in unclipped pictorial dust jacket, housed in matching cloth slipcase; [10],177pp. Shallow creasing to jacket flap folds, slipcase lightly sunned, else a Near Fine example. Signed by Highsmith on leaf tipped in at head of volume. Twelve macabre short stories by the author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Signed. Seller Inventory # 49645
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Attractive signed limited edition - the lettered edition - of this selection of Highsmith short stories. First American publication of this collection, originally published in the U.K. by Heinemann in 1979. 8'' x 5.25''. Original green cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($14.95) dust jacket. With original green matching cloth slipcase. Ochre endpapers. 178 pages. Signed by Highsmith on fold-out colophon and lettered "V" of 26 lettered copies. Mild wear, sunning to slipcase edges. Fine in a fine jacket, slipcase near fine. Signed. Seller Inventory # 53931
Seller: Lirolay, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine. ~ One of two hundred and fifty copies (26 lettered) of the first US edition, this one lettered "X" and signed in ink by Patricia Highsmith on a tipped-in slip. WITH A PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION ON TITLE PAGE ALSO SIGNED BY P. HIGHSMITH ~ Green cloth over boards, gilt titles on spine, in a dust jacket designed by Michael Stetson and illustrated with a painting by Linda Danz, housed in a green pull-off slipcase. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover ~ 177+[1]p ~ 23x15x3cm. ~ An immaculate copy ~ LANGUAGE: English // We accept PayPal & EU bank transfer in EUROS //. Seller Inventory # 203B