Edited Angus Burrell Bennett Cerf (3 results)

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.

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.

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.