“She knew that he was going to leave her. It was in his walk, his talk, his eyes. He wanted to go. He had already moved back, crouching to leap. And she had no rival. He was not going to another woman. He simply wanted to go.”
Two volumes with numerous works chosen from among the nearly 900 prize stories that have been honored in the O. Henry Awards with authors including: Ernest Hemingway, James Baldwin, Truman Capote, Philip Roth, John Steinbeck and various others.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1970. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes. 1,048 pages. Slipcase with shelf wear and edge wear. Boards and spines faded. Very little edge wear. Bindings solid and square with only some deterioration of the front hinge in volume 1. Pages toned. Nice collection.
