Richard Yates; Gina Berriault; B. L. Barrett; Seymour Epstein — Short Story 1

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this short story collection, containing early examples of Richard Yates' writing before his debut novel. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A series of short stories published with the aim to introduce writers who have not had their work published before, with works from four authors out of the two hundred and twenty-eight who submitted their stories. Notably, this book of short fiction contains early appearances of works by Richard Yates, published three years before his critically acclaimed debut novel, 'Revolutionary Road' (1961). Also with stories from Gina Berriault, B. L. Barrett and Seymour Epstein. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart, with sunning to the spine and edge wear. With chipping to the spine head and tail and a couple small closed tears. Handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.