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Edgar Allan Poe

The Baltimore book: a Christmas and New-Year's present / edited by W.H. Carpenter and T.S. Arthur.  Baltimore: Bayly and Burns, [1838]

The gift, a Christmas and New Year's present for 1840 / edited by Miss Leslie.  Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, c1839.   

The raven, and other poems / by Edgar A. Poe.  Bound with Tales. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845.       

“The Philosophy of Composition” in Graham’s Magazine, vol. XXVIII, no. 4, April 1846, 28: 163-167

James Joyce

Dubliners by James Joyce. London: The Egoist Press, 1922. 2^nd ed.

Dubliners: a facsimile of proofs for the 1914 edition by James Joyce; prefaced & arr. by Michael Groden. New York: Garland Pub., 1977.

Dubliners: a facsimile of proofs for the 1910 edition by James Joyce; prefaced & arranged by Michael Groden.  New York: Garland Pub., 1977.

Katherine Mansfield

In a German pension by Katherine Mansfield.  London: S. Swift & Co., Ltd. [1911].

The doves' nest: and other stories by Katherine Mansfield.  New York: A. A. Knopf, 1923.

Poems by Katherine Mansfield.   London: Constable & Co., Ltd. [1923].

The garden party by Katherine Mansfield.  New York: The Modern Library [1922].

Bliss: and other stories by Katherine Mansfield.  New York: A.A. Knopf, 1923.

The New Age 6.17 (2/24/1910) with “Bavarian Babies: The Child-Who-Was-Tired” (first story publication): 396-398.

Katherine Anne Porter

Hacienda by Katherine Anne Porter.  [New York]: Harrison of Paris [1934].

The leaning tower, and other stories.  New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company [1944].

Harper’s
“The Prisoner,” October 1950 (88-96)
“Under Weight,” November 1950 (80-88)
“The Exile,” December 1950 (70-78)
 “The Seducers: A Fragment,” November 1953 (33-38)
 “The Fig Tree,” June 1960 (55-59)

Flair
“Flower of Flowers,” May 1950 (insert)