The phrase "a third collection of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the third installment or grouping of items, works, or data in a series.
Example: "The author has just released a third collection of short stories that explores themes of love and loss."
Alternatives: "the third set of" or "a third volume of".
The fourth is "Bridge the Silver Way" ($14.95), a third collection of stories by David Silver, a Canadian.
I'm finishing up a third collection of stories, and also — I won't call it a children's book, exactly — another illustrated book, which I'm hoping to do with Lane Smith, who illustrated my kids' book, "The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip".
This is Annie Proulx, a writer who staked her claim around the spectacular rectangle of Wyoming by marking its "metes and bounds" with "Close Range," took insurance on it with "Bad Dirt" and now appears with "Fine Just the Way It Is," a third collection of Wyoming stories, just to make sure.
Ayla, a star basketball player herself at Boston College, was an "American Idol" semifinalist at 17, released a third collection of songs shortly after Brown's victory, appeared on CBS's "Early Show" to sing one of them and showed up at Brown's post-election events to peddle her first CD.
After a first collection of literature was made, relevant literature cited within these articles was collected.
A second collection of articles, Darwin And The Naked Lady, was not published till 1962.
Those stories appear in a second collection of Cosmicomics, the story sequence that represents one of Calvino's greatest achievements.
A first collection of verse, "The London Zoo," appeared in 1961 when he was nearly 50, but was poorly received.
In 1955, Ms. Patton published "A Piece of Luck," a second collection of stories, set mostly in suburbia, that explored the private worlds of children and women.
And there's more to come: a second collection of unpublished writing, a book of letters, and a memoir from Vonnegut's son Mark.
