The Forms of Fiction (John Gardner's first book)

First edition, first printing (Randon House, New York, 1962). No dust jacket, as issued. Just about fine with only minor edge wear. Green topstain. Internally fine. In excellent condition. Gardner's first book. Quite scarce. Written by Gardner as a textbook for English students while he taught at Chico State College. Consists of an introductory essay on forms of fictional narratives, followed by an anthology of short stories by Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Katherine Porter, Mark Twain, and others, with an anthology of sketches, fables, short stories, and novellas. Octavo. 657 pp. A seminal work of this great author!