Short Stories from Mary Riversong Books

Rudyard Kipling. JUST SO STORIES. Illustrated by Dorothy Lothrop, First Edition Thus. Copyright 1907, Doubleday & Co. Inc., NY. EXLIB. VG/G condition Unclipped $3.50 dust jacket. 249 pages, 5 ¼ X 8 ½.

Duriez, Colin. The Oxford Inklings: Lewis, Tolkien and Their Circle. BIOGRAPHY. Lion Books, Oxford, England. 2015. ISBN 9780745956343. USED. VG CONDITION. Summary: "THE OXFORD INKLINGS tells the story of the friendships, mutual influence, and common purpose of the Inklings – the literary circle which congregated around C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. " 287 pages, indexed. 5 1/8 X 7 7/8.

Jack London. Young Wolf: The Early Adventure Stories of Jack London. Edited by Howard Lachtman. 1994 Capra Press. Softcover. ISBN0884962105. 258 pages. 5 5/8 X 8 ½. Short Story Anthology. Summary: "As a footloose adventurer, London sought gold and tall tales in the Klondike, where many of these stories were born."USED. Good Condition. Softcover.

Aleichem, Sholem. Tevye the Dairyman -and- The Railroad Stories. Translated and with an introduction by Hillel Halkin. First Schocken Books Edition, 1987. Library of Yiddish Classics. Original source material for "Fiddler on the Roof". HISTORICAL FICTION. USED. Softcover. Good Condition. Small spot of sticker damage on front cover. 309 pages. 6 1/8 X 9 ¼.

Patrick R. Chalmers. The Little Pagan Faun and Other Fancies. Illustrated with scissor- cuts by by Lisl Hummel. Jonathan Cape, London. States First published in MCMXXVII (1927). Short Story anthology. Stories reprinted from Punch. USED. Good Condition/No DJ Included. Spine is a bit darkened. Illustrated children's book. Used. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. 196 pages. 5 1/8 X 7… Read more about this item

Blackwood, Algernon. Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural. Short story anthology. Stated Fourth Printing Thus, April 1952, Peter Nevill Limited, London. USED. VG/ No DJ included. Green boards with gold gilt titling on spine. Titling has dimmed somewhat. 426 pages. 5 ½ X 8 1/8.

771HigginsJuggler Higgins, Violet Moore. THE LITTLE JUGGLER and Other French Tales Retold. Story-Time Tales. 1917, Whitman Publishing Company Racine and Chicago. USED. VG CONDITION/ No DJ included if issued. 70 pages 6 ½ X 8 5/8. A nice copy.

Devol, George H. Forty Years A Gambler On The Mississippi. 1926 Henry Holt First Edition. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ is included. 5 1/4 X 7 5/8 288 Pages. Red boards with playing card emblem at center front. Spine states "Of The Mississippi" in error. Summary: In his "Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi" Devol recounts dozens of anecdotes… Read more about this item

Bierce, Ambrose. In The Midst Of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. Copyrright 1891 Chatto & Windus. London. States only: Printed by Spottiswoode and Co.' on the copyright page. 1892 on title page. Used. VG Condition/ No DJ Included. Navy Blue Boards with Gilt titling and blindstamped floral ornamentation at center front panel. Titling on spine is still good.… Read more about this item

215DoyleWorks A. Conan Doyle. Collected Works of A. Conan Doyle, One Volume Edition. 1920, Walter J. Black. SHERLOCK HOLMES. USED. VG Condition/ No DJ as issued. 1020 pages. Rare in nice condition like this one. 5 ¾ X 8 3/8.

Battaglia, Aurelius. Captain Kangaroo Storybook. Random House 1963. Used. VG/ No DJ as issued. LARGE FORMAT. 9 ½ X 13. HARD TO FIND. A clean, solid copy.

Poirot's Early Cases. By Agatha Christie. Ulverscroft December 1990 First Large-Print Edition. Short story Anthology. Complete and unabridged. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 5 ½ X 8 ¾. 470 pages. Summary: In this collection of eighteen stories Hercule Poirot begins his celebrated career in crime. Includes The Double Clue, The Adventure of Johnnie Waverley, and How Does Your Garden… Read more about this item

The Case-book Of Sherlock Holmes. By Arthur Conan Doyle. Publisher: John Murray, 1929 Cheaper Edition. Short story anthology. Detective fiction. Used. Clean and square. Protected in a mylar wrap. Good Condition/Good- ORIGINAL DUST JACKET illustrated by J. Abby. Blue blind-stamped cloth. Toning as is typical of this edition. RARE original, White, blue and red pictorial dust-wrapper. Priced at 2/- net… Read more about this item

Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Author of the Sherlock Holmes Series. First American Edition. D. Appleton & Co. Copyright 1894. A collection of medical and detective stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes detective series. VG condition/ no DJ included if originally issued. A square,… Read more about this item

Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2

Russell, Bertrand. Satan in the Suburbs, and Other Stories. Bertrand Russell's First Book Of Fiction. Copyright 1953, Simon and Schuster Stated Second Printing Thus. Illustrated by Asgeir Scott. Used. Very good/ Good price-clipped original grey and yellow DJ. Short Story Anthology. Stories Included Here: Satan in the suburbs or horrors manufactured here, The Corsican ordeal of Miss X, The… Read more about this item

Poirot Investigates (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus, Bantam Books Inc., NY, April, 1985. Number line: 0987654321. USED. As New. Summary: "Poirot Investigates is a short story collection written by English author Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in March 1924. In the eleven stories, famed eccentric detective Hercule… Read more about this item

And Life Goes On. 1932 1st Ed. Doubleday, Doran, 1932. By Vicki Baum author of GRAND HOTEL. Used. Very Good Condition/ Good-original unclipped Bernhard art dust jacket. Front flap price $2.50. "The vivid tale of Elizabeth, the divine drudge, is Vicki Baum's first new book since Grand Hotel". Bright orange boards and topstain. Not sunned. Will ship from Oregon.

Wharton, Edith et al. Stories from Scribner: Stories of New York. Charles Scribner's Sons, Copyright 1893. Authors and stories included in this book are: From Four to Six, Annie Elliot; The commonest possible Story, Bliss Perry; The End of the Beginning, George A. Hibbard; A Puritan Ingenue, John S. Wood; Mrs. Manstey's View, Edith Wharton. Used. Black, leather-bound pocket-size edition.… Read more about this item

MAUDE HUMPHREY: Treasury of Stories, Jingles, and Rhymes. Frederick A. Stokes, undated. Circa 1894. FIRST EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY MAUDE HUMPHREY. Written by Mary Rice Miller and Elisabeth S. Tucker. SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY. 242 pages. Maroon boards with gold titling and ornamentation. Good condition front paper paste-down label of a little girl wearing a red feather in her blue hat. Please… Read more about this item