58 short stories. Comprising “Heart of the West”, “The Voice of the City”, “The Gentle Grafter”

Collins ; 1956; Noisbn; Rilegato con titoli in oro al dorso; 18,5 x 11 cm; Pp. 416 ; With an introduction by Geofrey Moore. Presenta normali segni d’uso. PRIVO di sovracoperta. Firma alla prima pagina, interno senza scritte, lievemente brunito. Accettabile (come da foto). ; Raccolta di racconti di O. Henry, maestro della short story americana, nota per ritmo vivace, ironia e finali a sorpresa. INDEX TO SHORT STORIES: A Call Loan. A Chaparral Prince. A Comedy in Rubber. A Lickpenny Lover. A Midsummer Masquerade. An Afternoon Miracle. A Philistine in Bohemia. A Tempered Wind. Christmas by Injunction. Conscience in Art. Cupid à la Carte. Dougherty's Eye-Opener. From Each According to His Ability. Modern Rural Sports. Shearing the Wolf. Squaring the Circle. Telemachus, Friend. The Caballero's Way. The Clarion Call. The Complete Life of John Hopkins. Extradited from Bohemia. Hearts and Crosses. Hostages to Momus. Hygeia at the Solito. Innocents of Broadway. Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet. Little Speck in Garnered Fruit. Nemesis and the Candy Man. One Thousand Dollars. Roses, Ruses and Romance. Seats of the Haughty. The Chair of Philanthromathematics. The City of Dreadful Night. The Defeat of the City. The Easter of the Soul. The Ethics of Pig. The Exact Science of Matrimony. The Fool-Killer. The Handbook of Hymen. The Hand That Riles the World. The Harbinger. The Higher Abdication. The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson. The Man Higher Up. The Memento. The Missing Chord. The Octopus Marooned. The Pimienta Pancakes. The Plutonian Fire. The Princess and the Puma. The Ransom of Mack. The Rathskeller and the Rose. The Reformation of Calliope. The Shocks of Doom. The Sphinx Apple. The Voice of the City. Transients in Arcadia. While the Auto Waits. ;