| 1. | Gable, Sister Mariella, O. S. B. (editor) (Paul Horgan, Joseph Petracca, Frank O'Connor, John Steinbeck, Stephen Earley, Brendan Gill, Michael McLaverty, Hugh Dickinson, Richard Sullivan, Langston Hughes, Dennis Harrington, W. B. Ready, Betty Wahl) Many-Coloured Fleece London, England Sheed & Ward 1951 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good 8vo ; Xxxii, 336 pp. Approbations present. Sister Mariella has here put together a third volume of Catholic short stories, following the success of "They Are People" and "Our Father's House". Besides the names noted in the author line, the contributors include Joseph Carroll, Edward Sheehy, Tess Slesinger, Ted Le Berthon, Lucile Hasley, Jill O'Nan, Bryan MacMahon, Sean O'Faolain, Katherine Anne Porter, Mary Lavin, and Graham Greene. Sister Mariella, herself contributes an introduction of some length to this volume. Red-orange cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Light edgewear, bit of soiling on text block edge and front endpapers, some warping to the boards; binding tight, pages clean. Price: 22.50 USD |