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First edition first printing of this collection of short crime stories. Some of the collected are: That Evenin' Sun Do Down by William Faulkner, The Chink and the Child by Thomas Burke, The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy, The Guilty Party by O. Henry. 21 stories in total. There is a 2 inch semi closed tear to the dustjacket's rear panel bottom edge. Price clipped otherwise in very good / good condition.

London: Pushkin Press, 2017. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Translated from the German by Will Stone. Foreword by John Gray. Trade paperback. Tiny creases on page corners at the rear of book, rear corner slightly bumped, near fine.

New York: Hastings House, 1954. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. vi, 344 pp. Translated and Edited by Henry G. Alsberg with the assistance of Erna MacArthur. Some bruising to bottom edges of covers, minor edgewear, two small tape marks on ffep.

NY: Dutton/Obelish. (1983). First thus. Slight foxing, light crease and wear to spine; near fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.

Santiago, Chile: Undo Rukser and Albert Theile, Publishers, 1944. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps 40 pp. ALL TEXT IN GERMAN. A single issue of this World War II era German exile periodical, featuring articles on various political, literary and social topics of that era, including a critical piece on Hitler and the ruin of Germany through his rule. With an excerpt reprinted from Stefan Zweig's Episode am Genfer See. According to Ralph Vander Heide, the Deutsche Blatter 'ranks highest among the numerous exile periodicals (...) between the years 1933-1945,' with Robert Cazden stating that it 'represented the best of all German cultural achievement during emigration,' (see Heide: German Leaves, p. 17 for both quotes). GOOD condition. Some writing/ink notes to the upper front cover. Moderate browning, somewhat heavier along the extremities. Minor soiling, scuffing and edgewear. Light toning to the paper.

New York: Hastings House, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Translated and edited by Henry G. Alsberg with the assistance of Erna MacArthur. A few pages and text block faintly stained at the bottom, covers with light edgewear, very good in a slightly spine-tanned good only dust jacket with two large tears on the front panel, a 1" chip on the rear panel, faint stains and several small chips and tears.

Garden City Ny: Garden City Publishing, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Ix, 337 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Book Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, Former Owner's Inscription Dated In 1947. Dust Jacket With Light Usage, Price Inked Out, A Few Minute Losses At Edges, Slight Browning To Spine Panel. [No Comparably Lurid Volume Of "Horrid Economic Crimes" Because , Well, Almost Everyone In Commerce And Government And Academia Would Find That Objectionable.]

New York: The Viking Press, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 247pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slightly cocked spine, foxing on the page edges, and spotting thus very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with toning, short tears, and spotting.

Maastricht: Halcyon-Presse, 1933. Very Good in Wraps. A charming small book of this short story by well-known Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. According to the colophon, this story first appeared in print in the Insel-Almanach auf das Jahre 1927. It was published in February 1933 in Philobiblon and reprinted here by the Halcyon-Presse. There were thirty numbered copies printed on BarchamGreen laid paer and signed by the writer. This is an unsigned copy. It is printed in a simple format consisting of three signatures, unsewn and laid into a paper wrapper. The wrapper has a light pink pattern on white paper, with the author, title and press device on the front cover. Browning to spine and light creasing along top edge of front. Text pages are also in very good condition. With the bookplate of Carel Johannes Jacob Gualtherus Vosmaer (1907 - 1986) affixed to inside of front cover. Carel JJG Vosmaer, a son of Professor Gualtherus Vosmaer, who died in 1916, traded under the name St. Lucas Society in “old and new” books and prints and had an “archive for genealogical documents." Measures 5.5 x 4.25 inches. 44 +[1] pages. GERLANG/071823.

Dresden: Verlag Der Kunst, 1959. First German language edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. 324pp. Quarto [27 cm] White cloth over boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped woodblock vignette on the front cover. With a tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Masereel. The spine is a bit darkened, and there are multiple areas of light soiling on the boards. The front hinge is a bit weak, and the pages are age-toned. Richly illustrated with woodcuts by this Flemish artist, including some in full color.