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F ranklin Library leather edition of Ring Lardner's "Round Up," Illustrated by Gary Kelley, a Limited edition, Frontispiece Portrait of Lardner, one of the COLLECTED STORIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS series, published in 1981. Bound in hunter green leather, the book has green silk end leaves, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, a satin book marker, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edge---in near FINE condition---except for minor imperfection to gilt. Ringold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner, who lived from 1885 – 1933, was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings about sports, marriage and the theatre. From 1913 to 1919 he wrote a daily column, “ In the Wake of the News, ” for the CHICAGO TRIBUNE and from 1919 to 1927 a humorous weekly column for the Bell Syndicate. Meanwhile, in 1914, he had begun publishing fiction and had won success with stories featuring the character Jack Keefe, a comic baseball player. Lardner moved to NEW YORK in 1919, and the scope of his stories spread beyond the baseball diamond. Some of Lardner’s best stories—“ My Roomy, ” “ Champion, ” “ The Golden Honeymoon, ” and “ Some Like Them Cold ”—appeared in the 1924 collection. Other stories include: "The Maysville Minstreel," "I Can't Breathe," "Haircut," "Alibi Ike," "Liberty Hall," "Mr. Frisbie," "Hurry Kane," "Harmony," "Dinner," "Ex Parte," "Now and Then," "Reunion," "The Golden Honeymoon," "Some Like Them Cold," "A Caddy's Diary," "Mr. and Mrs. Fix-It," "Old Folks' Christmas," "The Love Nest," "Hurry Kane," "Women," "Who Dealt," Horseshoes," "There Are Smiles," "Anniversary," "Travelogue," "Rhythm," A Caddy's Diary," "A Frame-Up," "Sun Cured," and "The Facts." 556 pages. I offer Combined shipp ing.