Various (Kiernan, Kathy (Editor); Moore, Michael M. (Editor); Algren, Nelson, Atwood, Margaret; Baldwin, James; Bukowski, Charles; Carver, Raymond; Cheever, John; Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Forster, E.M.; Greene, Graham; Hemingway, Ernest; Jackson, Shirley; Le Guin, Ursula K.; McCarthy, Mary; McCullers, Carson; Mailer, Norman; Oates, Joyce Carol; O'Connor, Flannery; Parker, Dorothy; Roth, Philip; Saroyan, William; Thompson, Jim; Updike, John; Vonnegut, Kurt; Williams, Tennessee et al.)

First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers

ISBN: 0316492043
New York, NY, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "We hope we have provided readers with an interesting and enjoyable collection, valuable not only for the undeniable pleasure of these stories, but also as a testament to the keen judgments of the magazine editors who enabled these talented writers to get their first taste of professionalism." (final sentence, "Editors' Preface," pg. xii). First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers is a 1994 anthology edited by Kathy Kiernan and Michael M. Moore, featuring the first professionally published short stories of 41 prominent American, British & Canadian authors, spanning nearly eight decades. The collection includes works by figures such as Nelson Algren (1909-1981), "So Help Me" (pgs. 3-15); Margaret Atwood (b. 1939), "The War in the Bathroom" (pgs. 16-25); James Baldwin (1924-1987), "Previous Condition" (pgs. 26-41); Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), "Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip" (pgs. 53-62; Debritto, C153, pg. 462); John Cheever (1912-1982), "Expelled" (pgs.92-102); F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), "Babes in the Woods" (pgs. 92-102); E. M. Forster (1879-1970), "Albergo Empedocle" (pgs. 120-143); Graham Greene (1904-1991), "The End of the Party" (pgs. 144-152); Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), "in our time" (pgs. 157-159); Shirley Jackson (1916-1965), "After You, My Dear Alphonse" (pgs. 170-173); Ursula K. LeGuin (1929-2018), "April in Paris" (pgs. 194-205); Mary McCarthy (1912-1989), "Cruel and Barabarous Treatment" (pgs. 212-224); Carson McCullers (1917-1967) "Wunderkind" (pg. 225); Norman Mailer (1923-2007) "The Greatest Thing in the World" (pgs. 238-252); Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938) "In the Old World" (pgs. 280-296); Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964), "The Geranium" (pgs. 297-308); Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), "Such a Pretty Little Picture" (pgs. 319-328); Philip Roth (1933-2018), "The Day It Snowed" (pg. 329); William Saroyan (1908-1981), "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (pgs.339-344); Jim Thompson (1906-1977), "Oil Field Vignettes" (pgs. 387-393); John Updike 1932-2009), "Friends from Pennsylvania" (pgs. 394-401); Kurt Vonnergut (1922-2007), "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" (pgs. 402-415); Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), "The Vengeance of Nitocris" (pgs. 437-449) & many more. Trade-Format Softcover Original: First Softcover Edition, first printing per copyright page. An outstandingly collectible compilation of some of the best literary icons of modern times in its penultimatly rarest contemporary form. In relatively fine condition with moderate rubbing & scratching to front, back covers & spine; mild-to-moderate age-toning to same; mild rubbing to fine edges, bumping of corners to same; moderate creasing at top corner & along spine of front cover; mild-to-moderate age-toning & rubbing to text block; occasions of spot staining to fine edges of bottom & side of same. Interior fine with mild age-toning to page leaves; mild-to-moderate creasing of top corners from front endpaper to page 15; mild imprints & slight chipping to bottom corners to first few pages. Fine. [Item #8952]

Price: $30.00