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1 Stafford, Jean; Cheever, John; Fuchs, Daniel; Maxwell, William . A Book of Stories by Jean Stafford, John Cheever, Daniel Fuchs, William Maxwell London Victor Gollancz Limited 1957 First UK edition Cloth Very Good in Very Good DJ  Short stories by four of the most distinguised American Novelists. Selecting personal favorites of their most recent works. The four writers got the idea to publish together when drunken gin and water at party one night. They all respected and enjoyed each others works and decided to publishing these short stories together, all works first appeared in the New York Times, and have not been published in book form before. This is the first U.K. publication, having been first printed in the U.S., Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. Strafford, four stories; Cheever, four stories; Fuchs, three stories; Maxwell, 3 stories. Red cloth boards and spine, dulled gilt title spine spine, slight fade mark to head of spine, bumping of front corners. DW yellow, not price clipped. Black lettering, titled as :A Book of Stories by four of the most admired American short-story writers, (writers names listed). Red bands separating title, subtitle and authors names. Closed tears to front joints and lower front flap, one inch closed tear lower front edge, small chip to front corners and joint edges. Rear head of spine edge 1/2 by 3/4 inch deep chip, small chips to heal. Mild soil. Clean bright text. Rear e.p. Author names and birth dates in ink, notation to London edition. Solidly bound. DW in mylar. sm 8vo, 309 pp. First U.K. Edition. Nice copy, scarce in DW.  Price: 24.50 USD Add to Shopping Cart