11V O Henry WORKS OF O HENRY 1919 Decorative Uniform Binding American Literature Options Rolling Stones Four Million Voice of the City
Cabbages and Kings Roads of Destiny Gentle Grafter Strictly Business
Heart of the West Sixes and Sevens Trimmed Lamp


Title: Works of O. Henry
Author: O. Henry - O. Henry was the pen name of the American writer William Sydney Porter. O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. In his day he was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. While both authors wrote plot twist endings, O. Henry's stories were considerably more playful, and are also known for their witty narration. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early 20th century. Many take place in New York City and deal for the most part with ordinary people: policemen, waitresses, etc.

O. Henry's work is wide-ranging, and his characters can be found roaming the cattle-lands of Texas, exploring the art of the con-man, or investigating the tensions of class and wealth in turn-of-the-century New York. O. Henry had an inimitable hand for isolating some element of society and describing it with an incredible economy and grace of language. Some of his best and least-known work is contained in Cabbages and Kings, a series of stories each of which explores some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town, while advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another.
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews Co.
City: Unknown
Year: 1919
Binding Style: Hardcover
Number of Volumes: 11 Full Set: No
Width: 5.25" Height: 7.75"
Book Details: This antique eleven-volume set is uniformly bound in marbled paper and red cloth with gilt spine lettering, top-edge gilt, and marbled endpapers. Each volume is enhanced with a frontispiece and some contain additional illustrations. Titles found in this set include:

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Rolling Stones
The Four Million
The Voice of the City
Cabbages and Kings
Roads of Destiny
The Gentle Grafter
Strictly Business
Heart of the West
Sixes and Sevens
The Trimmed Lamp
Condition / Notes: These decoratively bound volumes show well with some typical indications of age and wear, including mild shelfwear and rubbing. There are minor tears/loss to high points of some spines. The bindings and text blocks are sound. Text and illustrations are clear and crisp through mild age toning.

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