THE AVON BOOK OF MODERN SHORT STORIES; Selected By Each Author as "My Best Story"

(W. Somerset Maugham; E. Phillips Oppenheim; Mrs. Belloc Lowndes; Sheila Kaye-Smith; Sir Philip Gibbs; Gilbert Frankau; G. K. Chesterton; Michael Arlen; Sir Max Pemberton; Eden Phillpotts; Sapper; Arnold Bennett; A. E. W. Mason; J. D. Beresford; more)

Published by Avon, NY, 1946

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[Reprint] undated [1943] #15. Includes "Red" by W. Somerset Maugham; "The Gambler's Road" by E. Phillips Oppenheim; "The Decree Made Absolute": by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes; "A Day in a Woman's Life" by Sheila Kaye-Smith; "The Stranger in the Village" by Sir Philip Gibbs; "Mustard-Pot - Matchmaker" by Gilbert Frankau; "The Five of Swords" by G. K. Chesterton; "The Prince of the Jews" by Michael Arlen; "The Brain Drug" by Sir Max Pemberton; "The Matchmaker" by Eden Phillpotts; "The Patch on the Quilt" by "Sapper"; "Death, Fire and Life" by Arnold Bennett; "The Clock" by A. E. W. Mason; "Reparation" by J. D. Beresford; "Johnson and the Viatique" by H. deVere Stacpoole; "Mr. Simmonds' Bit o'Business" by Temple Thurston; "Plain jane" by H. A. vachell; "Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters" by I. A. R. Wylie; "The Double Saddle" by P. C. Wren; "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" by H. G. Wells; "Mr. oddy" by Hugh Walpole. Creasing; edge and corner wear; tanning; shord hard wribkle at lower edge of rear cover; perhaps a mothball smell.…

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Title
THE AVON BOOK OF MODERN SHORT STORIES; Selected By Each Author as "My Best Story"
Author
(W. Somerset Maugham; E. Phillips Oppenheim; Mrs. Belloc Lowndes; Sheila Kaye-Smith; Sir Philip Gibbs; Gilbert Frankau; G. K. Chesterton; Michael Arlen; Sir Max Pemberton; Eden Phillpotts; Sapper; Arnold Bennett; A. E. W. Mason; J. D. Beresford; more)
Publisher
Avon, NY
Publication year
1946
Condition
Good to Very Good-
Book Type
Book
Binding
Mass Market Paperback
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