Pale Horse Pale Rider and others, Three Short Novels by Katherine Anne Porter circa 1940's Modern Library Short stories literary gift books

This is a very good hardcover, NO dust jacket, jacket missing. Circa 1940's reprint from Modern Library originally published 1939. This copy is very good inside and out. The pages are very clean inside. The binding is tight and straight. Red hardcover boards are also very good with only a hint of shelf wear. Modern Library logo endpapers front and back. Smaller hardcover, crown octavo book size or 5" x 8" with 264 pages.

Pale Horse Pale Rider contains three stories from Katherine Anne Porter. Contents are Pale Horse Pale Rider, Noon Wine, and Old Mortality. Katherine Anne Porter was an American journalists, poet and writer. In 1962 her novel Ship of Fools was the best-selling in the United States but her short stories were what received critical acclaim. Pale Horse Pale Rider explores themes of Love, loss, war and humanity during World War One.

Modern Library began publishing series of books in 1917. they were extremely popular, especially with students, as they were copies of great literature and topics that were priced for the general public. The publishing firm of Boni Liveright started the series, as the idea stemmed from Albert Boni. The first title published was The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. Early editions were published in "pocket book" size for easy carrying to read anywhere and they were bound in leatherette. In 1927, Random House was borne out of Modern Library and pictorial dust jackets were introduced to the series, along with hardcover boards. As publishing changed, Modern Library fell to the wayside but was "reintroduced" in the 1970's. Early editions are collectibles and later titles remain favorites as many collect Modern Library editions of all ages.

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