The masterpiece library of short stories / selected by an international board of eminent critics: Sir William Robertson Nicoll [and others] ; edited by J.A. Hammerton [complete in twenty volumes]

Hammerton, John Alexander Sir (1871-1949) [ed]

1924, First Edition. London : Educational Book Company. Good copies only, all in the original red cloth boards backed in gilt-blocked red leather. Boards slightly rubbed on the edges, with some minor dust-dulling. Spines somewhat more worn, with some volumes' leather crumbling at the endbands. Endpapers lightly foxed, with interiors bright and clean on the whole, with some isolated marginal dust-smudges. Remains a well-preserved set overall. Item #459631

Date is suggested. Physical description: complete in 20 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes: "The thousand best complete tales of all times and all countries." Index in volume 20. Contents: v. 1. Early stories -- v. 2. Italian -- v. 3-5. French -- v. 6. French & Belgian -- v. 8-9. English -- v. 10. Scottish -- v. 11. Irish & Overseas -- v. 13. Russian, etc. -- v. 14-16. American -- v. 17. Old German -- v. 18. Spanish & Portuguese -- v. 19. Scandinavian & Dutch -- v. 20. The War. Subjects: Short stories -- Collections. Short stories, English. Short stories, American. Short stories, French. Short stories, Italian. Short stories, Russian. Short stories, German. Short stories, Spanish. Short stories, Scandinavian. Literature -- Collections.

Price: €225.00