Penguin Modern Stories - Softcover

PENGUIN MODERN STORIES 2: JOHN UPDIKE, SYLVIA PLATH, EMANUEL LITVINOFF (First edition - PBO)

Original Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. First printing of the true first edition, published as a paperback original in 1969. Contains "The Fifteen Dollar Eagle" by Sylvia Plath. For full contents please see photo scans. ***Very good in blue and white card covers. The covers are clean and unmarked, but there is some surface loss at the top of the spine and a small loss at the top outer corner of the front cover. (Please see scans). Edges of covers slightly rubbed and creased. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine flat but with light vertical reading creases. No fading. Internally also very good with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotations. Pages clean but paper stock tanned as usual. Inner covers browned. ***144 pages including two pages of Biographical Notes and a single page advert at the back. 180mm x 110mm. Penguin Modern Stories appeared in a series of twelve volumes between 1969 and 1972. 'This volume is the second in a quarterly series designed to bring new short stories by both well-known and exciting new writers to the wide public they deserve. Volume 1 contains stories by William Sansom, Jean Rhys, David Plante, and Bernard Malamud.' (Quote taken from the back cover) ***First printing of the true first edition, in its original card covers in very good condition, albeit with the above-mentioned faults. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Artikel-Nr. PB813

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