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[Literature] Cheever, John The Stories of John Cheever New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First edition. 8vo. 693 pp. Inscribed by Cheever to Eddie Newhouse on the front free endpaper. Publisher's black cloth; lettered in silver; top and bottom edges trimmed, fore-edge untrimmed; in red dust-jacket. A fine copy. . Edward Newhouse (1911-2002), was an author and longtime friend of Cheever's, having worked together as writers for the New Yorker. Included are photocopies of letters from Newhouse to Philippa Walker regarding a documentary on Cheever and a letter to Newhouse from Cheever's former New Yorker editor William Maxwell