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- [Effie Roach Hofer Autograph Album]
- Autograph album belonging to Effie Roach Hofer. It includes page a 10-line verse poem entitled "Poetry," with drawing of fiddle and pointing finger and hand, signed "W.S. Porter/Secretary Jolly Brothers."
- Athol Estes Porter Autograph book
- Autograph album belonging to Athol Estes, includes 10-line two stanza poem. First letters of first five lines acrostically spell Athol (first letters of lines) and Estes (last letters of lines). Signed "W.S.P."
- Cabbages and Kings
- This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which were inspired by the author's six-month stay in Honduras in the late 1890s.
- The Four Million
- This work is O. Henry's first collection of short stories, many of which are set in New York City. Stories in this volume include "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem."
- Heart of the West
- This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry, which are set in Texas.
- The Trimmed Lamp
- This work is O. Henry's second collection of short stories set in New York City.
- The Gentle Grafter
- This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry. The stories in this volume were inspired by tales of confidence men that O. Henry had heard while in Columbus, Ohio.
- The Hiding of Black Bill
- This work contains a biographical introduction to O. Henry written by Mary Ely; "O. Henry and Me," a brief story about corresponding with O. Henry, by Ethel Patterson; and O. Henry's short story, "The Hiding of Black Bill."
- The Voice of the City
- This is O. Henry's third collection of short stories set in New York City.
- Options
- A collection of short stories based in various regions of North and Central America.
- Roads of Destiny
- This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry, which are set in North and Central America.
- Let Me Feel Your Pulse
- This work was first published in the Cosmopolitan magazine under the title "Adventures in neurasthenia." It was written by O. Henry when he was in residence in Asheville, North Carolina and addresses themes of alcoholism and the author's relationship with his father.
- Strictly Business
- This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry. It was published just before his death in 1910.
- Whirligigs
- This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry, which are set in New York City and the Western and Southern United States. The volume was published posthumously.
- The Gift of the Wise Men
- A short story about the secret Christmas gifts that a young married couple with little money buy for each other.
- The Man Higher Up
- This collection of short stories was No. 4 in the Sunday American's Summer Library of Gems of Short Fiction. The volume contains the following stories: "The Man Higher Up," "A Tempered Wind," and "Innocents of Broadway."
- Sixes and Sevens
- This work is a collection of short stories by O. Henry. It was published posthumously.
- Rolling Stones
- This work is a collection of short stories, sketches, letters, and poems by O. Henry. The volume was named after the periodical the Rolling Stone, of which O. Henry was editor. It was published posthumously and includes a photograph of O. Henry, taken in 1909 shortly before his death.
- My Friend O. Henry
- A biography of O. Henry.
- The O. Henry index
- Index to O. Henry's written works includes a biography of O. Henry. Index starts on page 25.
- O. Henry Biography
- This work is the first biography of O. Henry.
- Wind of Destiny
- This work is a collection of fictional letters written by O. Henry.
- Waifs and Strays
- This work contains short stories by O. Henry and critical and biographical analyses of his life and works, which were written by various contributors.
- O. Henryana
- This work was published posthumously.
- Letters to Lithopolis
- This work is a collection of letters from O. Henry to Mabel Wagnalls.
- Excerpt pages from The Caliph of Baghdad
- Excerpt pages from "The Caliph of Baghdad" relevant to J.W. Maxwell’s certifying claim with copy of receipt to PH Hatzfeld’s.
- Rinehart Fall List 1954: "The Heart of O. Henry"
- Publisher’s announcement. Rinehart & Co. 1954, of Dale Kramer’s "The Heart of O. Henry"
- O. Henry's Wedding
- Original copy of statement by Lawrence K. Smoot, as recorded by Ralph Bickler, a court reporter, and furnished to [Trueman] O‘Quinn, relating the events surrounding the marriage of William Sydney Porter and Athol Estes at the Smoot home one July evening in 1887, with Lawrence as an “unofficial” witness when he was about 12 years of age. The date of the wedding was actually July 1, 1887 as a notice of the marriage appeared the next day in the Austin Daily Statesman.