THESE THIRTEEN: STORIES

First trade edition, first printing [first state with the error 280 for 208 on the contents leaf]. Publisher's original blue and grey cloth with red titles to the spine in the Arthur Hawkins designed dustwrapper. Top edge dark blue. A lovely very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth with ghosting to the spine is otherwise bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a small tear to the lower rear panel and some fading of the spine. Not price-clipped ($2.50 to the lower front flap).

The author's first collection of short stories, seven of which appear in print for the first time (the other six previously published in magazine form). Titles include 'Victory'; 'Ad Astra'; 'All the Dead Pilots'; 'Crevasse'; 'Red Leaves'; 'A Rose for Emily'; 'A Justice'; 'Hair'; 'That Evening Sun'; 'Dry September'; 'Mistral'; 'Divorce in Naples'; 'Carcassonne'.