Short Stories by Saki Introduction Christopher Morley (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.35.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. 1954-59 printing, Toledano 280.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 415 titles on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Good in fair jacket. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, jacket soiled, more heavily on rear panel, ink name stamp on front endpaper. 1958 Hard Cover. xiii, 715 pp. Introduction by Christopher Morley. "Hector Hugh Munro (December 18, 1870 ? November 13, 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, was a British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: Good+. The Modern Library, New York, NY 1966. Ex-Library, Usual Markings. 715 pages. Moderate general wear. Piece torn from front endpaper. Marked Discard. Jacket price-clipped. Size: 7 x 6 x 2. Classics/Collectors Series::Modern Library Fiction Modern::Short Stories 6106.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.45.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xiii, 718 p., 18 cm. Saki, pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro, was a Scottish writer and journalist whose stories depict the Edwardian social scene with a flippant wit and power of fantastic invention used both to satirize social pretension, unkindness, and stupidity and to create an atmosphere of horror.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (humor, short stories, british literature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Vintage Copy. Book condition is Very Good; with a Good dust jacket. Edgewear to jacket including bumps, chips, short tears, and one longer tear along the edge of rear cover. A few small stains to jacket. Minor edgewear to boards, including a few small bumps. Text is clean and unmarked. No date, circa 1960. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. **RARE 1951 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET** The Short Stories of SAKI by H. H. Munro. FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1951 stated. This is Modern Library edition number 280. The book is bound in blue cloth type 8 binding with Kent end papers and a great pictorial dust jacket. Book is NEAR FINE with binding solid and tight with slightest of shelf wear, bright top stain nice with minor staining, gilt bright and nice, no writing or marks, contents are clean and bright. GORGEOUS!! The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with light chipping on top spine and small chip on back jacket. It is very bright and clean with an amazing graphic on the cover. 358 titles listed on the inside of dust jacket indicating a 1951 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY PRINTING. $1.25 price present and perfect on the inside flap. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. HARD TO FIND THIS FIRST EDITION WITH A DUST JACKET IN THIS CONDITION! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.