Angus Burrell Bennett Cerf (36 results)

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Binding is moderately loose. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Later Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1342 pages; Signed by Not signed; Gray cloth with red title box on spine. Gold lettering. Spine is loose. Some soiling of boards. Moderate edge soiling. Pages are clean, unmarked, ivory. No ownership marks. Book is over 50 years old and contains 73 marvelous stories.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard cover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. clean and tight, binding is split at the the title page and in side the end paper in the back from opening to far, but still tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Octavo, hardcover, book plate of previous owner on endpaper else VG in blue boards in edgeworn (with small chips), rare turquoise and white decorative dj with scene of NY City on cover. Stories by Melville, Poe, O. Henry, Hemingway, Wolfe, Faulkner, Cather, Steinbeck and others. 1340 pp. A good cross section of American fiction by the masters.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. Name in ink top of the front flyleaf. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket shows edge wear, no sun fading. 1,340pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This Modern Library volume presents a sweeping canon of American short fiction, edited by Angus Burrell and Bennett Cerf, bringing together landmark stories from Washington Irving through James Thurber. The contents span Romanticism, realism, naturalism, and modernism, with major selections by Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Twain, Bierce, London, Cather, Stein, Faulkner, Anderson, and others. Designed as both a teaching text and a general reader's anthology, it reflects mid-20th-century literary taste and pedagogy, emphasizing narrative craft and the evolution of the American short story. This copy was clearly thoughtfully studied, with pencil annotations, underlining, and marginal notes throughout - evidence of engaged academic or personal reading rather than casual ownership. The binding remains firm and sound, with no loose or torn pages, making it fully serviceable despite cosmetic and interior wear. A solid reference and study copy of a classic Modern Library anthology, well suited for readers, scholars, or collectors who value use-history and textual engagement over pristine condition. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt Modern Library torchman device; moderate edge wear and rubbing, light spotting to endpapers, and scattered age-toning. Interior shows extensive pencil underlining, check marks, marginalia, and highlights consistent with study use. Text block secure; hinges firm; no missing, loose, or torn pages.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedAcceptable. Hardcover; fading, light soiling, and shelf wear to exterior; bumps to corners and front side edge; small tear at top edge of front cover; tear at top of second front endpaper; soiling to title page and facing page; binding reinforced; fading to pages, with light spotting to edges; otherwise in acceptable condition with clean text. No dust jacket.

Leather. Condition: Good. There is some wear to the cover. The book has wear on the corners. There may be some marks in or on the book. Books are stored on a bookshelf in A/C. They are in a dark room and are well maintained. If you have any questions or concerns about this book please contact me. An Anthology of Famous American Stories Modern Library 1953. There is some wear to the cover. The book has wear on the corners. There may be some marks in or on the book. Books are stored on a bookshelf in A/C. They are in a dark room and are well maintained. If you have any questions or concerns about this book please contact me. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog. Binding: Leather. Language: English. Author: Angus Burrell and Bennett Cerf. Publisher: Modern Library. Topic: Literature. Modified Item: No. Subject: Literature & Fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedAcceptable. Hardcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior; bumps to corners and top edge; underlining and margin notes; former owner's name written on rear endpaper; binding reinforced; paperclip mark inside rear board and on preceding few pages; otherwise in acceptable condition. No dust jacket.

good - very good alot of rubbing, writing on the ep, weakening front hinge.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket rubbed, light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Frayed, Faded DJ. 1358pp Biographical Notes. Within this volume 73 stories by 61 different authors, some new and some familiar to the reader. Poe, Melville, Faulkner to O'Hara, Schulberg, Salinger. Large price clip on d/j. Modern Library Giant No.G77. (Loc G126/1).

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Missing dust jacket. Meets the acceptable condition guidelines. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. Later printing of this Modern Library Giant edition (G77). No jacket. Grey cloth over boards with red and gilded device on front and red labels with gilding on the spine. Light wear to extremities. Top-stain in red. Singature on front pastedown and pencil notes on ffep, otherwise clean and clear. Pages:(18) 1340 Dimensions:8¼ x 5â x 2¼.

11086 ANGUS BURRELL AND BENNETT A. CERF - (EDITORS) - 1273 PP - THE BEDSIDE BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICAN STORIES - 67 STORIES, COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES - RANDOM HOUSE, PUBLISHERS - 1936 EDITION - HARD COVER WITH RAGGED DUST JACKET (BS-684).

Condition: Very Good. 1940. Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear lacking dustjacket. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. Red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Contains stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Henry James, Ernest Hemingway and others. No dust jacket. Boards mildly rubbed along edges; spine faded and titles rather worn. Owner's name inked out on front pastedown. Pages age-toned; otherwise clean; one page creased. n.

Condition: Very Good. 1940. Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear lacking dustjacket. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not indicated as a Modern Library First Edition. MLG-77. Introduction by Burrell and Cerf. DJ intact but no initial sales price provided; DJ lightly chipped; DJ notes 367 titles outstanding. Prior owner's signature on the FFEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good in a Very Good DJ.

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Tela. Condition: Regular. Sin Sobrecubierta. 1347 p. -- Tela de la sobrecub. y cantos de las hojas sucios.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No publication or edition year stated. Assumed circa 1935 according to editors note date on last page. Brick cloth hardcover with gilt titles on the spine. The cover is soiled and rubbed on all extremities, chipped on the corners, the spine is sunned and the titles faded. The binding is cracked and pulling away from the spine. The pages are age-toned and only a few are soiled. **Heavy book. Extra shipping may be required**.