Edition: First Thus
Illustrated By: Paul Cox
Published By: The Folio Society
Publication Date: 2005
Beautiful hardback bound in red quarter cloth with gilt lettering on spine and pictorial paper covered boards, printed with a design by Paul Cox. Complete with matching slipcase. Both in very good condition with bright colours and pages. Charming, colourful frontispiece and illustrations by Paul Cox. Contains 22 delightful short comic stories selected and introduced by David Hughes, including: The Lamplighter by Charles Dickens, Relics of General Chasse by Anthony Trollope, The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde, Poisson d'Avril by Somerville and Ross, The Man Higher Up by O. Henry, The Grey Parrot by W.W. Jacobs, Bill, The Ventriloquial Rooster by Henry Lawson, The Conjuror's Revenge by Stephen Leacock, the Byzantine Omelette by Saki, Buried Treasure by P.G. Wodehouse, A Piece of Pie by Damon Runyon, Homing Jane by Ben Travers, The Bishop's Hankerchief by Richmal Crompton, Dusk Before Fireworks by Dorothy Parker, The Curb in the Sky by James Thurber, Shoes by Elizabeth Bowen, The Key to My Heart by V.S. Pritchett, The Great Mammoth Story by Stella Gibbons, Excursion in Reality by Evelyn Waugh, The Xerox in the Lost Room by Robertson Davies, the 2003 Claret by Kingsley Amis and Miss Pinkerton's Apocalypse by Muriel Spark. pp. xiv + 290. This varied collection would make a perfect gift for short story lovers.
Book Condition: Very Good
Author: David Hughes
Binding: Hardback
Ref: 124115
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