Introduction by Eudora Welty (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Missing. Copyright © 1971. 214 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dust jacket missing. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. An excellent hardcover copy of a Modern Library early reprint, with dustjacket: book near fine and dustjacket very good. There is no First Modern Library Edition 1954 statement on the copyright page. The last date on the copyright page is 1943, but it is an early reprint of the Modern Library first edition (which was in 1954). Green boards, gilt front board and spine lettering and decoration, 7 1/4 x 5 inches, top edge black, decorated endpapers, 214 pp. Book near fine (faint sticker residue, top fore-edge of front board; some pencil check marks on the contents pages; otherwise pages unmarked and binding strong and square). Dustjacket very good (modest chipping and wear, top edge; not price-clipped ($1.95); 415 titles listed on the inner aspect). The first two of Eudora Welty's published books of stories —- A Curtain of Green and The Wide Net —- are presented in their entirety in this volume of twenty-five stories. (K051).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 291 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Special Edition. Contains the complete texts of both A Curtain of Green (17 stories) and The Wide Net (8 stories), totaling 25 works. The Modern Library #290 Former college lib. copy. GOOD reader's condition. Hardcover in unclipped jacket showing $1.95 with mylar protector. Complete List of All 25 StoriesFrom A Curtain of Green and Other Stories (17 Stories)Lily Daw and the Three LadiesA Piece of NewsPetrified ManThe KeyKeela, the Outcast Indian MaidenWhy I Live at the P.O.The WhistleThe Hitch-HikersA MemoryClytieOld Mr. MarblehallFlowers for MarjorieA Curtain of GreenA Visit of CharityDeath of a Traveling SalesmanPowerhouseA Worn PathFrom The Wide Net and Other Stories (8 Stories)First LoveThe Wide NetA Still MomentAsphodelThe WindsThe Purple HatLivvieAt The Landing.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 564 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 564 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 224 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 222 pages. Spanish language. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 2002 modern library ed edition. 128 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Classic photobook by renowned American photographer. 176 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm. First US edition, first printing. Grey cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, small closed tear at head of spine, couple of small yellow stains to front cover, signature and date of previous owner on front free endpaper, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 176 pages. Oblong 4to. First Edition. Illustrated in full color. Introduction by Eudora Welty. Dust jacket and book are in excellent condition, no previous owner's names or marks. Dust jacket is protected in a mylar sleeve, not price clipped. Book is tight, very clean and attractive, gift quality condition.…

Oblong. 176 pages. Color photographs. Original cloth; dust jacket. First American edition, first printing, published the same year as the British edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 312 pp. 6" x 9." Although known primarily as the prize-winning author of classic works of fiction, Welty was notable as an astute literary critic. Her essays on the art of fiction and on the writers who enlarged the range of the short story and the novel are definitive pieces. Her distinguished book reviews, along with her critical essays, augment her reputation for being one of the most discerning author-critics in literary America. This collection of her book reviews here manifests the connecting of her penetrating eye with her responsive intellect in forming sympathetic judgments of the books she reviewed.…

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: As New. First Edition. First Edition. As new, in dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First United States Edition. 176pp. Oblong quarto [26 cm x 29 cm] Light gray cloth over boards. With a minor slant to the spine, and very subtle dust soiling to the top edge of the text block. In the illustrated dust jacket, with a couple of tiny chips to the edges of the spine. A monumental work consisting of many color photographs made during the eighties by this distinguished photographer. The book includes one hundred and fifty images from this vast project, which has been sequenced in an almost autobiographical narrative, starting in Eggleston's familiar landscape of Tennessee and the Mississippi Delta.…

Stated First Edition. Top right corner of front cover very slightly bumped. Overall very good in spine faded price clipped dust jacket. Overall crisp very good condition. Orange cloth binding stamped in silver and green on front cover and spine. (Photos are not true to color, appearing more red than orange.). A Book of Stories with an introduction by Katherine Anne Porter (illustrator).…

First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To Bobbie Sumner Cutler with many good wishes- and good luck Eudora Welty December, 1941." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some light wear to the extremities. Eudora Welty won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize and was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was also the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. A Curtain of Green is her first collection of short stories. In it she examines Mississippi, her state of birth, through the eyes of its inhabitants, and contemplates a realistic view of the extant racial relations. She brings to A Curtain of Green her graceful writing and perspective that sees Mississippi as an often comical world of near magical wonder in its ability to remain mundane in light of its struggles.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. With stated "First Edition" on the copyright page and "Printed at the Country Life Press, Garden City, N.Y., U.S.A. at the top of the copyright page. Only 2,476 copies printed. Signed/Presentation copy of Welty's scarce first book: "For James C. Mitchell with best wishes, Eudora Welty" Inscribed in blue ink on the front endpaper. Very good plus in crisp and clean woven terracotta cloth stamped in silvery gray and green. With a minor vertical fold along the front gutter. With gray-green topstaining. In the scarce dustjacket with the original price of $2.50 and "A.C.O.G." at the top of the flap; with the "3972-41" code at the bottom of the inside front flap. A few small chips at the bottom of the spine and some light chipping and rubbing to the top of the jacket spine. Light edge-rubbing and wear to the corners as well. The spine of the dustjacket islightly sunfaded;but front panel is quite bright and clear. The book is from the collection of noted bibliophile James. C. Mitchell who had an extensive correspondence with Welty and other Mississippi authors. Quite an attractive, collectible copy. First Edition. With stated "First Edition" on the copyright page and "Printed at the Country Life Press, Garden City, N.Y.,U.S.A. at the top of the copyright page. With an introduction by Katherine Anne Porter. This is sWelty's debut book. (illustrator).…