Introduction Malcom Cowley (5 results)

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good clean tight copy. Shelf wear. Light tanning along fore edges. Some rubbing and fading to boards.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Third edition. Near fine in wrappers. Some light shelf rubbing on covers and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. - ORIGINAL '1954' EDITION- This is NOT an ex-library book and it is NOT a reprint edition- BINDING is black HARDCOVER with titles in gold on spine; binding and text are very neat, clean and solid, VG+ with NO extraneous writings or bookplates. Just previous owner name neat and small middle of first free page. ORIGINAL DUST JACKET had publishers price intact ($4.50); also neat, clean and bright, GOOD or better in new archival protector. There are NO major rips, tears or missing pieces. Overall, an EXCELLENT COLLECTOR COPY of the fairly SCARCE ORIGINAL '1954' EDITION in VINTAGE DUST JACKET of 'THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'. 'FITZGERALD WROTE about 160 STORIES; of these MALCOM COWLEY has SELECTED TWENTY-EIGHT, the BEST of FITZGERALD'S BEST. TEN of these have NEVER before APPEARED in BOOK FORM. his CHOICE of STORIES results in a COLLECTION that is STIMULATING, WIDE in RANGE and RICH in COLOR'. This VOLUME is arranged in FOUR PARTS (I. Early Success- II. Glamor and Disillusionment- III. Retrospective: Basil and Josephine- IV. Last Act and Epilogue). Complete with INTRODUCTION and with an EDITOR'S NOTE for EACH PART of the volume. 473 pages. Overall, an EXCELLENT COLLECTOR COPY of a fairly SCARCE ORIGINAL '1954' EDITION in VINTAGE DUST JACKET of a COLLECTION of F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'S STORIES. Truly ONE of the FINEST of AMERICAN STORY TELLERS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Adventures Of An African Slaver;: An Account Of The Life Of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader In Gold, Ivory, And Slaves On The Coast Of Guinea . Hard Cover, Very Good Condition, Fourth Printing. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A first edition, first printing of The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Selection of 28 Stories, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, in 1951, this important posthumous collection brings together twenty-eight of Fitzgerald's finest short stories, carefully selected and introduced by noted literary critic Malcolm Cowley. Spanning the breadth of Fitzgerald's career, the volume showcases his remarkable talent for the short story, from the glamour and ambition of the Jazz Age to the more reflective and emotionally complex works of his later years. Cowley's insightful introduction places Fitzgerald's fiction within the broader landscape of twentieth-century American literature, making this one of the most significant early collections of the author's short fiction. The book is in Near Fine condition, with a tight binding, clean pages, and only light signs of handling. The original dust jacket is in Very Good condition, displaying light edge wear consistent with age while remaining bright, attractive, and fully intact. The jacket is protected in a clear archival Mylar cover, which will remain with the book. An attractive collector's copy of a true first edition, first printing, featuring one of the earliest and most influential collections of Fitzgerald's short fiction. A wonderful addition to collections of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American literature, Jazz Age fiction, and twentieth-century literary first editions. …