Buy this book on-line Jackson, Shirley / Herschel Brickell, Editor : The Lottery in Prize Stories of 1949: The O'Henry AwardsDoubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1949
xxiv, 323pp, black cloth with gilt titles at spine, very clean and bright copy, inside and out, with only slight foxing at final fly, and a postage-stamp-size bookseller's sticker at front fly, in dust jacket with light general wear and soiling, a bit more at rear panel, minor edge wear, very shallow chipping at spine ends and the ends of the folds, and slightly clipped corners, with $3.50 price yet intact, now housed in protective mylar cover. From the opening paragraph, "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richy green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o'clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 26th, but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took only about two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner." Scarce.. Book. Book Condition: VG. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Jackson, Shirley / Herschel Brickell, Editor : The Lottery in Prize Stories of 1949: The O'Henry Awards. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, incunabula, rare books, out-of-print books and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |