O Henry [William Sydney Porter], illustrated by Gordon Grant: The Complete Writings of O Henry [memorial edition, 14 volumes]. , New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1917.

Edition de luxe, complete in 14 hardback volumes. Each book is bound in the original half white parchment, blue boards, gilt titling to the spines, top edges gilt, and all 14 volumes retain the original blue cloth dustwrappers (which also have gilt titling on the spines). Some browning of the endpapers, else the books are all in very good condition. The dustwrappers are good to very good (some light rubbing, scuffing and fraying of the extremities). Comprises: Volume 1 (cabbages and Kings), 2 (The Four Million), 3 (The Trimmed Lamp), 4 (Heart of the West), 5 (The Voice of the City), 6 (The Gentle Grafter), 7 (Roads of Destiny), 8 (Options), 9 (Strictly Business), 10 (Whirligigs), 11 (Sixes and Sevens), 12 (Rolling Stones), 13 (Wind and Destiny), 14 (Waifs and Strays).Volumes 1-12 contain 48 plates by Gordon Grant (with Grant's signature to the frontispiece of volume 1), Volumes 13 and 14 contain four further plates (including two photographs of O Henry, a facsimile of a letter from Henry and a facsimile of a cartoon by Henry). Limited to 1075 sets (this is set number 682), signed by the publishers in volume 1. (Book ref. 28220)  £150.00

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