The Best American Short Stories 1947 (Capote, Truman, Francis L. Broderick, Dorothy Canfield, Robert Fontaine, Adelaide Gerstley, John B.L. Goodwin, John Mayo Goss, Paul Griffith, Albert J. Guerard, Elizabeth Hardwick, Ruth Mccoy Harris, Thomas Heggen, Edward Harris Heth, John Richard Humphreys, Victoria Lincoln, Robert Lowry, May Davies Martenet, Jane Mayhall, J.F. Powers, Samson Raphaelson, Mark Schorer, Allan Seager, Irwin Shaw, Sylvia Shirley, Jean Stafford, Irwin Stark, Wallace Stegner, Niccolo Tucci, John D. Weaver, And Lawrence Williams). Foley, Martha, Edited By

First edition. Octavo. ix, 528pp. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, else fine in a good only edgeworn and chipped dust jacket with some loss on the bottom edge of the front panel, small dampstain on front panel. Contributions by Francis L. Broderick, Dorothy Canfield, Truman Capote, Robert Fontaine, Adelaide Gerstley, John B.L. Goodwin, John Mayo Goss, Paul Griffith, Albert J. Guerard, Elizabeth Hardwick, Ruth McCoy Harris, Thomas Heggen, Edward Harris Heth, John Richard Humphreys, Victoria Lincoln, Robert Lowry, May Davies Martenet, Jane Mayhall, J.F. Powers, Samson Raphaelson, Mark Schorer, Allan Seager, Irwin Shaw, Sylvia Shirley, Jean Stafford, Irwin Stark, Wallace Stegner, Niccolo Tucci, John D. Weaver, and Lawrence Williams.