THE BEST OF THE BEST: Celebrating Fifty Years of Signet Authors

Koster, Elaine (editor); Pittman, Joseph (editor)

ISBN 10: 0451193903 / ISBN 13: 9780451193902

Published by Signet, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1998

About this Item

THE BEST OF THE BEST is an anthology of original short stories written especially for the occasion of Signet Books' Fiftieth Anniversary and previously unpublished elsewhere. The eighteen authors and their stories are: Lisa Alther, 'Stormy Weather'; Laurence Block, 'Headaches and Bad Dreams'; Larry Collins, 'Baby-Sitting Ingrid'; Jeffrey Deaver, 'Wrong Time, Wrong Place'; E.L. Doctorow, 'Untitled'; Joy Fielding, 'Mother's Day'; Stephen Frey, 'Paranoia'; Eileen Goudge, 'The Price of Tea in China'; Joan Hess, 'Six Shades of Black'; Wendy Hornsby, 'The Naked Giant'; Erica Jong, 'Songs in the Key of I'; Stephen King, 'L.T.'s Theory of Pets'; Tabitha King, 'Djinn and Tonic'; Ed McBain, 'Where or When'; Sharyn McCrumb, 'An Autumn Migration'; Joyce Carol Oates, 'Color Blind'; Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, 'A Place for Nathan'; and Linda Lay Shuler, 'The Unsung Song of Mary Gallagher.' Fine,first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped{ MLBS`.

Seller Inventory # 4979

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE BEST OF THE BEST: Celebrating Fifty Years of Signet Authors
• Publisher: Signet, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451193903
• ISBN 13: 9780451193902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern Literature
  • Stories

About this title

Synopsis

An anthology of eighteen original short stories features contributions by Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, E.L. Doctorow, Lawrence Block, Ed McBain, Erica Jong, and Nancy Taylor Rosenberg