Publication: A Few Last Words

Publication: A Few Last WordsPublication Record # 559
Author: James Sallis
Date: 1970-09-24
Publisher: Macmillan
Price:
$4.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: 226
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: A Few Last Words by Colos
Notes:
- "First Printing" stated on the copyright page.
- Cover gives the subtitle A Parable and a Prophecy, but not on the title page, nor anywhere else in the book.
- "Jacket design by Colos" printed on the back flap of the dust jacket.
- "60673" printed at the bottom on the back of the dustjacket.
- Table of contents gives the first story ("JIM AND MARY G") and the last ("A FEW LAST WORDS") in capital letters, and divides the remaining stories into five roman-numeraled parts. Part I is pages 21 - 82; Part II is pages 83 - 116; Part III is pages 117 - 154; Part IV is pages 155 - 178 and consists only of the story "Occasions" which is further divided into 15 sections (but not on the contents page); and Part V is pages 179 - 204.
- Exact publication date from Kirkus Reviews
External IDs:
- LCCN: 71-122293
- OCLC/WorldCat: 806554168

Collection Title: A Few Last Words • (1970) • collection by James Sallis

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

11 • Jim and Mary G • (1970) • short story by James Sallis
23 • Letter to a Young Poet • (1968) • short story by James Sallis
31 • Kettle of Stars • short story by James Sallis
31 • Faces, Hands • (1970) • novelette by James Sallis
50 • The Floors of His Heart • short story by James Sallis
62 • The Opening of the Terran Ballet • short story by James Sallis
73 • The History Makers • (1969) • short story by James Sallis
85 • And then the dark— • (1969) • short story by James Sallis
97 • Front & Centaur • short story by James Sallis (variant of Front and Centaur)
103 • Enclave • short story by James Sallis
110 • Slice of Universe • (1969) • short story by James Sallis
119 • The Anxiety in the Eyes of the Cricket • [Jerry Cornelius] • (1969) • short story by James Sallis
131 • Jeremiad • (1969) • short story by James Sallis
155 • Occasions • short story by James Sallis
181 • Kazoo • (1967) • short story by James Sallis
187 • The Creation of Bennie Good • (1970) • short story by James Sallis
192 • Jane Crying • short story by James Sallis
196 • Bubbles • (1968) • short story by James Sallis
205 • A Few Last Words • (1968) • short story by James Sallis

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