Literary Criticism (by author: A - G)
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Books listed alphabetically in order by Author
1. Abbott, Lyman. THE LIFE AND LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT HEBREWS. Boston,
Houghton Mifflin, 1901. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Good
condition+. Lt cover wear/nicks. Bumped. Spine end frayed. Hinges starting.
Lt pencil markings several pages. Penetrating examination of Old Testament
writings... as Literature, Philosophy - as well as an analysis of its
spiritual meaning. 408 pages......$12.00
2. Albanese, Catherine (Editor) With Introduction and Notes by the Editor.
THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE AMERICAN TRANSCENDENTALISTS. Macon GA, Mercer
University Press, 1988. 1st edition. Qlty paperback, Large octavo. Very Good
condition+. Selected writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amos Bronson Alcott,
Theodore Parker,and Henry David Thoreau. With Bibliography, Notes, Index.
Good tight copy. 360 pages......$12.50
3. Allen, Philip Schuyler (With renderings into English Verse by Jones,
Howard Mumford). THE ROMANESQUE LYRIC: STUDIES IN ITS BACKGROUND AND
DEVELOPMENT FROM PETRONIUS TO THE CAMBRIDGE SONGS 50-1050. New York, Barnes &
Noble, 1969. Repr. 1928 edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Contents include: The continuity of Themes.. The approach to
Romanesque Poetry.. Romanesque outlook on Nature... Fortunatus & the Platonic
Tradition.. Irish Lyrics and Ballads.. The Carolingian Lyric.. The Cambridge
Songs. With Chapter Notes, Latin texts of the Translations, Index of First
Lines, General Index. Good tight copy. 373 pages......$20.00
4. Allsop, Kenneth. THE ANGRY DECADE: A SURVEY OF THE CULTURAL REVOLT OF THE
NINETEEN FIFTIES. London, Peter Owen Limited, 1958. 2nd impression. Hardcover
- cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Edges bumped. Signature endpaper. Story of the
Angry Young British Men of the 50s including their literary leaders: Kingsley
Amis, Colin Wilson, John Osborne, etc. Indexed. Good tight copy. 212
pages......$16.50
5. Alter, Robert. THE INVENTION OF HEBREW PROSE: MODERN FICTION AND THE
LANGUAGE OF REALISM. Seattle WA, Univ. of Washington Press, 1988. 1st.
Decorated cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Emergence & analysis of the Hebrew Novel in
turn-of-the-century Europe With Index. Good tight copy. 122 pages......$12.00
6. Amburn, Ellis. SUBTERRANEAN KEROUAC: THE HIDDEN LIFE OF JACK KEROUAC. New
York, St. Martin's Press, 1998. 1st edition. Pictorial boards, octavo. As new
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. With Notes, Bibliography,
Index. Good tight copy. 435 pages......$16.50
7. Anderson, John Q. THE LIBERATING GODS: EMERSON ON POETS AND POETRY. Coral
Gables, University of Miami Press, 1971. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in lightly edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Tiny edgemark. Black & white photos. Emerson's concept of ideal
poetry as revealed in his evaluation of Shakespeare and Milton & exemplified
in his own poetry. Plus evaluations of some of his contemporaries, including
Thoreau, Whitman, Tennyson & Wordsworth. Good tight copy. 128
pages......$12.50
8. Arendt, Hannah and McCarthy, Mary (Edited and with an Introduction by
Brightman, Carol). BETWEEN FRIENDS: THE CORRESPONDENCES OF HANNAH ARENDT AND
MARY MCCARTHY 1949-1975. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1995. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Well-Indexed. Good tight copy. 412 pages......$16.00
9. Armstrong, Margaret. TRELAWNY: A MAN'S LIFE. New York, Macmillan, 1940.
1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Very light cover
wear. Owner plate endpaper. Decorated endpapers. Factual saga of Edward
Trelawny - based on his writings, reliable sources. Includes details of his
friendships with Shelley & Byron. Good tight copy. 379 pages......$16.50
10. Ashe, Rosalind. LITERARY HOUSES. New York, Facts on File, 1982. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, quarto. Very good condition. Light cover wear. Light
soiling rear. Gift inscrp front endp. Full page color plates. Full page color
artist renditions of famous literary houses. Tight well-bound volume. 140
pages......$15.00
11. Atkins, John. SIX NOVELISTS LOOK AT SOCIETY. London, John Calder,
Publisher, 1977. 1st edition. Wrapped boards, octavo. Very good+ in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. An enquiry into the social views of
Elizabeth Bowen, L.P. Hartley.. Rosamjnd Lehmann.. Christopher isherwood..
C.P. Snow... Nancy Mitford. Indexed. Good tight copy. 284 pages......$15.00
12. Austin, James C. FIELDS OF THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY: LETTERS TO AN EDITOR
1861 - 1870. San Marino CA, The Huntington Library, 1953. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Story of Fields, editor of
the Atlantic Monthly & portrait of the magazine's exciting years. A vivid
time when the writings of authors Holmes, Hawthorne & Emerson appeared within
its pages. Also, a broad view of the careers of those whom Fields served &
published such as Longfellow, Lowell, Dickens, Browning, Tennyson & the
Transcendentalists. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 445 pages......$18.00
13. Bacon, Francis. THE ESSAYS OR COUNSELS, CIVIL AND MORAL, OF FRANCIS LD.
VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS (or THE ESSAYS OF FRANCIS BACON). New York,
Peter Pauper Press, (1960?) No date. New Edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition. Corners lightly worn/bumped.
Owner's stamp endpapers. With Introductory by Bacon to The Duke of
Buckingham. Over 50 essays by Bacon on a variety of topics including...
Truth, Death, Adversity, Prophecies, Goodness, Nobility, Superstition,
Marriage, Travel, Friendship, Masques, Fortune, Ceremonies - and many others.
With Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases. Good tight copy. 230
pages......$20.00
14. Barzun, Jacques. THE HOUSE OF INTELLECT. New York, Harper & Bros, 1959.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly wrinkled/chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners bumped. How intellect,
the prime force in Western civilization is being destroyed by our culture...
in the name of art, science and philanthropy. Good tight copy. 276
pages......$20.00
15. Beaumont, Ernest. THE THEME OF BEATRICE IN THE PLAYS OF CLAUDEL. London,
Rockliff, Not dated. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in
edge-torn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 102
pages......$10.00
16. Behrendt, Stephen C. SHELLEY AND HIS AUDIENCES. Lincoln NE/London,
University of Nebraska Press, 1989. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Major contribution
bridging the gap between Shelley's political poems and essays and her
personal life. Detailed study of how Shelley employed consistent rhetorical
and thematic devices toward the end of humanitarian reform. Significant
reassessment of author-audience relations during the Romantic period in
England. Good tight copy. 295 pages......$25.00
17. Benfey, Christopher. DEGAS IN NEW ORLEANS: ENCOUNTERS IN THE CREOLE WORLD
OF KATE CHOPIN AND GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Fine in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Color frontis / Black & white plates. Fascinating
view of the literary/artistic ferment of late 19th century New Orleans. With
Notes, Index. good tight copy. 294 pages......$16.00
18. Benson, Arthur Christopher. ESCAPE AND OTHER ESSAYS. New York, The
Century Co, 1915. 1st edition. Decorated cloth, Small octavo. Very good
condition+. Lt cover wear. Corners ltly bumped. Gift inscription endpaper.
Essays on Literature & Life.. The New Poets.. Walt Whitman.. Dreams..
Authorship - and much more. Good tight copy. 302 pages......$25.00
19. Biasin, Gian-Paolo. ITALIAN LITERARY ICONS. Princeton, Princeton
University Press, 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Focus on 19th
& 20th century Italian literature. Good tight copy. 199 pages......$12.00
20. Bill, Alfred H. ASTROPHEL: OR THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE RENOWNED SIR
PHILIP SYDNEY. New York, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1937. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Lightly bumped. Slight cover wear/fading.
Black & white frontis & plates. Good tight copy. 372 pages......$14.00
21. Blagoy, Dmitry. THE SACRED LYRE: ESSAYS ONTHE LIFE AND WORK OF ALEXANDER
PUSHKIN. Moscow, Raduga Publishers, 1982. 1st English edition. Wrapped
boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Front cover/edges lightly bumped. Essays on Pushkin by a
distinguished Soviet Pushkin scholar. Blaboy established the connection
between Pushkin's heritage and the subsequent development of Russian
Literature. With extensive Notes. Good tight copy. 421 pages......$15.00
22. Bonner, Joey. WANG KUO-WEI: AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY. Cambridge/London,
Harvard University Press, 1986. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. First full-fledged
intellectual biography of the brilliant & multifaceted Chinese Scholar
(1877-1927). Includes critical examination of Wang's essays on philosophy,
aesthetics, his poetry, literary criticism, & his works on ancient Chinese
history. Plus his commitment to the Confucian ethioreligious tradition. With
Notes, Bibliography, Glossary, Index. Good tight copy. 314 pages......$25.00
23. Booth, Wayne C. THE COMPANY WE KEEP: AN ETHICS OF FICTION. Berkeley CA,
Univ. of California Press, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. With Notes,
Bibliography, Well Indexed. Good tight copy. 557 pages......$17.50
24. Boulton, Agnes. PART OF A LONG STORY: EUGENE O'NEILL AS A YOUNG MAN IN
LOVE. New York, Doubleday, 1958. 1st edition. Decorated cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Foxing/owner signature front endpaper. Tiny inked lines several end pages.
Review copy with typed Doubleday bulletin enclosed. Story of Agnes Boulton
and Eugene O'Neill, their courtship & ten years of tempestuous marriage -
during the time when his major plays were written. Good tight copy. 331
pages......$25.00
25. Bowen, Catherine Drinker. FRANCIS BACON: THE TEMPER OF A MAN. Boston,
Little, Brown & Co, 1963. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition.
Corners lightly bumped. Slight foxing endpapers. Black & white frontis &
plates. Excellent personal & literary biography of Sir Francis Bacon.
Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 245 pages......$18.00
26. Brabazon, James (Preface by Fleming, Anthony. Foreword by James, P.D.).
DOROTHY L. SAYERS: A BIOGRAPHY. Donn Mills, Ontario, General Publishing Co,
1981. 1st printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in slightly chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black and white photographs.
With Notes, Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 308 pages......$15.00
27. Bretnor, Reginald (Editor). MODERN SCIENCE FICTION: ITS MEANING AND ITS
FUTURE. New York, Coward-McCann, 1953. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition. Articles regarding the state & nature of SciFi by Cambell,
Boucher, Pratt, Moore, de Camp, Asimov, Clarke, Wylie & others. 294
pages......$12.50
28. Brooks, Van Wyck. THE CONFIDENT YEARS: 1885 - 1915. New York, E.P.
Dutton, 1952. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Splendid &
inclusive picture of the pre WWII American literary scene from New York to
San Francisco - Chicago to New Orleans. With Index. Good tight copy. 627
pages......$15.00
29. Brousson, Jean Jacques. ANATOLE FRANCE HIMSELF (By his Secretary, Jean
Jacques Brousson). Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1925. 1st/4th printing.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in worn edge-frayed
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light corner/edge wear. Black &
white photo frontis. Wtih paste-down photo on dust wrapper. Intimate portrait
- "Boswellian record" - of Anatole France. Tight well-bound volume. 356
pages......$16.00
30. (Browning, Robert) Orr, Mrs. Sutherland. LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROBERT
BROWNING (Vol. 1 of 2). Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1891. Hardcover - cloth,
Small octavo. Very good condition. Light shelfwear. Hinges starting. Black &
white frontis portrait. 324 pages......$18.00
31. Buckingham, Willis (Editor). EMILY DICKINSON'S RECEPTION IN THE 1890'S: A
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. Pittsburgh PA, Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. 1st
edition. Decorated cloth, Large octavo. Near fine. Black & white frontis &
photographs. Monumental collection of reviews, adverts & critical comments
regarding the early years of the discovery of Emily Dickinson... the period
in the early 1890's in which two books of her poems and a book of her letters
was published. With frontis of Dickinson, some photos of critics & of early
advertisements for her work. Fascinating range of reviews, response from
famous persons - opinions ranging from adoration to disgust. Called the most
important Dickinson resource published since the 'Complete Poems'. Includes
Dickson's Obituary, Diaries & Letters of the 90's not published until the
20th Century, Sales of Dickinson Volumes in the 90's, Reviews of the 1905
London Reissue of Poems. With Index & Finding List, and Index to Poems. Tight
well-bound volume. 615 pages......$40.00
32. Burke, Kenneth. ATTITUDES TOWARD HISTORY. Berkeley CA, Univ. of
California Press, 1984. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Third Edition with
a new 66 page Afterword. Burke's remarkable & original philosophy of history.
Western Culture presented as a 5-act play and entire societies viewed as
"Collective Poems." Plus an analysis of the literature, language & symbolism
within. Tight well-bound volume. 434 pages......$15.00
33. Burton, Richard. BERNARD SHAW: THE MAN AND THE MASK. New York, Henry Holt
and Company, 1916. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition.
Very light cover/edge wear. Front hinge starting. Brilliant examination of
Shaw and his works. Contents include: The Man.. The Evidence of the Plays..
The Social Thinker... The Poet and Mystic.. The Theatre Craftsman.. Shaw's
Place in Modern Drama. All the the major plays examined. With Bibliography,
Index. Good tight copy. 305 pages + ads......$25.00
34. Bush, Douglas. ENGAGED AND DISENGAGED. Cambridge MA, Harvard University
Press, 1966. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, octavo. Very good+ in
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 251
pages......$16.50
35. Bush, Warren V. (editor). THE DIALOGUES OF ARCHIBALD MACLEISH AND MARK
VAN DOREN. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1964. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in worn edgetorn dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Edges/several pages lightly bumped. Black &
white frontis photo. Good tight copy. 285 pages......$12.50
36. Buttitta, Tony. AFTER THE GOOD GAY TIMES: ASHVILLE-SUMMER OF '35 - A
SEASON WITH F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. New York, Viking Press, 1974. 1st U.S.
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in lightly
worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edge stripe. Good tight
copy. 173 pages......$10.00
37. Buttle, Myra. THE SWEENIAD. New York, Sagamore Press, 1957. 1st U.S.
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in
worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Parody of The Wasteland.
Good tight copy. 66 pages......$12.50
38. Byrne, Muriel St. Clare (Editor) Selected and Arranged by Boland,
Bridget. Foreword by Trevor-Roper, Hugh. THE LISLE LETTERS: AN ABRIDGEMENT.
Chicago IL, University of Chicago Press, 1983. 1st. Decorated cloth, Large
octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white plates. Extraordinary historical work - a vast tapestry of Tudor life.
From 1,900 letters originally assembled to be used in evidence... in the
trial for treason of Arther Plantagenet, Lord Lisle. Selected from the
original six-volume set. Written from 1533 to 1540, culminating in Lord
Lisle's being sent to the tower of London. With extensive Notes & Commentary
Well-indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 436 pages......$25.00
39. Cairns, William B. (Editor). SELECTIONS FROM EARLY AMERICAN WRITERS
1607-1800. New York, Macmillan, 1909. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo.
Very good condition. Light shelfware. Half-title creased/chipped. Tiny owner
signature (1912) endpaper. Excellent survey with minor writers not often
included in modern editions. Good tight copy. 493 pages + ads......$15.00
40. Caldwell, Helen. MACHADO DE ASSIS: THE BRAZILIAN MASTER AND HIS NOVELS.
Berkeley CA, Univ. of California Press, 1970. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn/clipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Slight cover wear. With Bibliography, Notes,
Index. Good tight copy. 270 pages......$16.00
41. Chaney, Edward F. FRANCOIS VILLON IN HIS ENVIRONMENT. Oxford, Published
by the Author, 1946. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very
good condition. Very light corner wear. Fascinating detailed critical
biography of poet, Francois Villon - by noted Villon authority, E. F. Chaney.
Includes expert commentary on the ballads. With Bibliographical Notes and
extensive Documentary Appendix. (Ballads themselves presented in French).
Good tight copy. 138 pages......$35.00
42. Cheever, Benjamin (Editor). THE LETTERS OF JOHN CHEEVER. New York, Simon
& Schuster, 1988. 1st/2nd printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large
octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white photos. First volume of Cheever's letters. The story of the writer's
life in his own words. Well-indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 397
pages......$14.00
43. Cheever, John and Weaver, John D. (Edited by Weaver, John D.). GLAD
TIDINGS: A FRIENDSHIP IN LETTERS - THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN CHEEVER AND
JOHN D. WEAVER, 1945-1982. New York, HarperCollins, 1993. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Edge stripe. With Chronology, Index. Good tight
copy. 357 pages......$10.00
44. Cheever, Susan. HOME BEFORE DARK: A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF JOHN CHEEVER
BY HIS DAUGHTER. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1984. 1st. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped, price-clipped dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos. Good tight copy. 243
pages......$12.00
45. Chesterton, G. K. ROBERT BROWNING. New York, Macmillan, 1904. Repr. 1903
edition. Decorated cloth, 12mo. Good condition+. Lt cover/edge wear. Spine
lightly faded. Hinge starting. From the English Men of Letters Series.
Biographical and literary study of Browning. Indexed. 207 pages +
ads......$12.50
46. Child, Lee Harrison (Editor). CLOSE TO HOME: REVELATIONS AND
REMINISCENCES BY NORTH CAROLINA WRITERS. Winston-Salem NC, John F. Blair,
Publisher, 1996. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Oblong octavo. Very good+ in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
drawings. Good tight copy. 178 pages......$14.00
47. Chilton, Eleanor Carroll and Agar, Herbert. THE GARMENT OF PRAISE: THE
NECESSITY FOR POETRY. New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Very light
cover wear. Corners lightly bumped. Important presentation of Poetry as an
enobling and edifying force in the world. How poetry "spiritualizes" the
material... while giving form to and making tangible the spiritual. Three
main sections: The Nature of Poetry - English Poetry and English History -
Poetry and the World Today. With Index of Authors, Index of Titles. Tight
well-bound volume. 401 pages......$40.00
48. Citati, Pietro (Translation from the Italian by Rosenthal, Raymond).
TOLSTOY. New York, Schocken Books, 1986. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Acclaimed the best short critical biography of Tolstoy in any
language. Good tight copy. 265 pages......$12.00
49. Coats, R. H. JOHN GALSWORTHY AS A DRAMATIC ARTIST. New York, Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1926. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition.
Light cover wear. Light fading to spine. Analysis of Galsworthy's dramatic
works and discussion of his craftsmanship as a playwright. Indexed. Good
tight copy. 240 pages......$15.00
50. Cohen, Michael. ENGAGING ENGLISH ART: ENTERING THE WORK IN TWO CENTURIES
OF ENGLISH PAINTING AND POETRY. Tuscaloosa/London, University of Alabama
Press, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Bottom corners very slightly
bumped. Black & white plates. Aesthetic techniques employed by English
writers & artists - common to poetry & painting - for engaging readers &
observers... or "capturing" them intellectually, emotionally, or morally -
circa 1680 to 1880. Fascinating study. With Notes, Bibliography, Index. Tight
well-bound volume. 228 pages......$25.00
51. Connolly, Rev. Terence L., S.J., Ph.D. FRANCIS THOMPSON: IN HIS PATHS.
Milwaukie, Bruce Publishing Co, 1944. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition. Cover wear. Corners bmped. Spine faded. Inscrip end pages.
Black & white frontis. Good tight copy. 203 pages......$12.00
52. Cook, Philip. HOW TO ENJOY THEATRE. ESSEX, Piatkus Publishers, 1983.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Indispensable guide. Includes a history of threatre,
covering all the major periods from its origins up to present day. Includes
medieval, Renaissance, Restoration, modern drama. Plus descriptions of the
major playwrights, actors, methods, of production, theatres and audiences.
Also examines experimental theatre groups, movements, playwrights and
directors. With Technical Terms, comprehensive Bibliography, Index.
Well-illustrated. Good tight copy. 192 pages......$18.00
53. Cooke, George Willis. POETS AND PROBLEMS: TENNYSON, RUSKIN, BROWNING.
Boston, Ticknor and Company, 1886. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very
good condition. Light cover/edge wear. Light foxing endpapers. Lengthy
detailed critical sections on each writer. Plus long essay: The Poet as a
Teacher. With detailed bios on Tennyson... Ruskin.. Browning.. Individual
writers' sections include: Tennyson's poetic style.. Tennyson as a Dramatic
Poet.. Tennyson as a Moralist.. Tennyson's Religion Teachings.. Ruskin's
Prose style.. Ruskin as a literary critic.. Ruskin as an art critic.. Ruskin
as a Political Economics.. Ruskin's Interprtation of nature.. Browning's
relations to his wife.. Browning's theory of art.. Characteristics of
Browning's poetry.. Browning's dramatic poetry.. Browning as a Thinker..
Browning's religious teachings - and more. Indexed. Hard to find. Tight
well-bound volume. 392 pages......$40.00
54. Cooke, Michael G. THE ROMANTIC WILL. New Haven/London, Yale University
Press, 1976. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in lightly
wrinkled dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Study of the major
poetry of the Romantic period & the protean ways in which the poets asserted
the radical will of being. With extensive Notes, Bibliography, Index. Good
tight copy. 279 pages......$14.00
55. Cope, Kevin L. (Editor). 1650-1850 - IDEAS, AESTHETICS, AND INQUIRIES IN
THE EARLY MODERN ERA (Volume 1). New York, AMS Press, 1994. 1st edition.
Hardcover -cloth, octavo. Very Good condition+. Black & white plates.
Fourteen articles on history, art, aesthetics, literature. With Index. Good
tight copy. 397 pages......$40.00
56. Cotter, Joseph Seamon, Jr. (Edited by Payne, James Robert). JOSEPH SEAMON
COTTER JR.: COMPLETE POEMS. Athens GA/London, University of Georgia Press,
1990. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Upper
corner bumped. Black & white frontis photograph. 1st collected edition of an
important Afro-American poet of the years just preceding the 1920's
Renaissance of black literature. With study and presentation by James Robert
Payne. Includes Textual Commentary, Apparatus, Notes. Tight well-bound
volume. 185 pages......$25.00
57. Cottrell, Robert D. THE GRAMMAR OF SILENCE: A READING OF MARGUERITE DE
NAVARRE'S POETRY. Washington D.C, Catholic Univ of Amer. Press, 1986. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Detailed study of one of the most important &
prolific writers of the French Renaissance. First full-scale study of her
poetry. With Bibliography, List of Works, extensive Index. Good tight copy.
338 pages......$20.00
58. Coxe, Louis O. EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON: THE LIFE OF POETRY. New York,
Pegasus Publishers, 1969. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very
good condition in worn/edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Owner signature. Lightly bumped. Study of the life, mind and art of one of
America's great poets. With Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 188
pages......$10.00
59. Coyle, Kathleen. THE MAGICAL REALM: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. New York, E.P.
Dutton, 1943. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition.
Light shelfwear. Early life of the distinguished Irish novelist. Good tight
copy. 314 pages......$20.00
60. Crawshaw. LITERARY INTERPRETATION OF LIFE. New York, Macmillan, 1900. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Very light cover/edge
wear. Contents include: The book and the man.. Literature as an outgrowth of
life.. Literature as a Revelation of life... Literature and personality..
Literature and the age.. Literature and the race. Green cloth. Gilt upper
edges and title. Well bound volume. 266 pages......$30.00
61. Creston, Dormer. ANDROMEDA IN WIMPOLE STREET: THE ROMANCE OF ELIZABETH
BARRETT BROWNING. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1931. 1st/5th printing. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Signature front endpaper. Frontis
portrait & plate. With paste-down cover & spine title plates. The romance
between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. Indexed. Good tight copy. 281
pages......$15.00
62. Crosland, Margaret. COLETTE: A PROVINCIAL IN PARIS. London, Peter Owen,
Publisher, 1959. 1st American. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition
in chipped/edgetorn/clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Corners bumped. Black & white frontis & photographs. Life of Colette. With
Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 222 pages......$15.00
63. Cunard, Nancy (Edited with a Foreword by Ford, Hugh). THESE WERE THE
HOURS: MEMORIES OF MY HOURS PRESS - REANVILLE AND PARIS 1928-1931. Carbondale
Il, Southern Illinois Univ Press, 1969. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth,
octavo. Very good+ in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white photographs. With Bibliography, Index. Good tight
copy. 216 pages......$16.00
64. Curtis, George William. ARS RECTE VIVENDI: BEING ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO
"THE EASY CHAIR". New York, Harper & Bros, 1898. Decorated cloth, 12mo. Very
good condition. Owner plate endpaper. Literary essays. Good tight copy. 136
pages......$15.00
65. Czernis, Loretta. WEAVING A CANADIAN ALLEGORY. Ontario Canada, Wilfrid
Laurier Univ. Press, 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Detailed
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66. Daiches, David and Flower, John. LITERARY LANDSCAPES OF THE BRITISH
ISLES: A NARRATIVE ATLAS. New York, Facts on File, Inc, 1980. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Black & white photos, engravings, maps. Handsomely
illustrated with more than 60 engravings & photographs. With original essays
and specially tailored maps. Brilliant literary tour of the British Isles
(Including Ireland). Geoliterary scholarship. Wonderful travel guide for
those who visit the British Isles in reality or imagination. With Gazatteer,
Index. Good tight copy. 287 pages......$13.50
67. Darton, F. J. Harvey. ARNOLD BENNETT: A BIOGRAPHY AND A CRITICAL ESTIMATE
OF HIS WORKS. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1925. 1st edition. Hardcover
- cloth, 16mo. Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Corners lightly bumped. Black & white photo frontis of
Bennett. Tight-well bound volume. With Bibliography of Bennett's Principal
Writings, Index. Scarce. 128 pages......$15.00
68. Day, Douglas. MALCOLM LOWRY: A BIOGRAPHY BY DOUGLAS DAY. New York, Oxford
University Press, 1973. 1st edition. Decorated cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white photographs. Outstanding critical biography of Malcolm Lowry - the
writer and the man. With Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 483
pages......$18.00
69. Day, Robert A. HOW TO WRITE AND PUBLISH A SCIENTIFIC PAPER. Philadelphia,
ISI Press, 1983. 2nd edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very Good
condition+. Black & white plates. With References, Index. Good tight copy.
181 pages......$15.00
70. Denkinger, Emma Marshall. IMMORTAL SIDNEY. New York, Bretano's, 1931.
1st. Decorated cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Light cover & edge wear.
Black & white plates. Definitive Biography of Sir Philip Sidney. With Index.
Elegant well-bound volume. 317 pages......$16.00
71. Dixon, Theron S.E. FRANCIS BACON AND HIS SHAKESPEARE. Chicago, The
Sargeant Publishing Co, 1895. 1st edition. Decorated cloth, Small octavo.
Very good condition. Covers & spine lightly worn/scraped. The author's
brilliant, detailed analysis showing - "beyond a reasonable doubt" - that
Bacon wrote the Shakespearian plays. Presentation includes: Parallelism, The
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volume. Scarce. 461 pages......$75.00
72. Donaldson, Scott. JOHN CHEEVER: A BIOGRAPHY. New York, Random House,
1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs. First
objective full-length biography of Cheever - much never before published
information. With Notes, Index. Good tight copy. 416 pages......$12.50
73. Dreiser, Helen. MY LIFE WITH DREISER. New York, World Publishing Co,
1951. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Good condition. Cover/edge
wear. Spine ends frayed. Tape marks cover edge. Color frontis/Black & white
photos. Well-illustrated look at Dreiser's private & professional life. With
color frontis portrait, Black & white photos & 3 letter facsimiles. Indexed.
Good tight copy. 328 pages......$12.50
74. Drinkwater, John. THE PILGRIM OF ETERNITY: BYRON - A CONFLICT. New York,
George H. Doran Co, 1925. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good
condition. Very light edgewear. Signature front endpaper.. Black & white
plates. Definitive literary biography of Byron. Well-indexed. Good tight
copy. 408 pages......$25.00
75. Duffin, Henry Charles. THE NOVELS AND PLAYS OF CHARLES MORGAN. London,
Bower & Bowes, 1959. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very
light cover/edge wear. Black & white photo frontis - Morgan. Contents
include: A world of the novels and plays.. The art of the novels and plays..
The philosophy of the novels and plays... Individual studies of the chief
novels and plays. With Index. Good tight copy. 221 pages......$20.00
76. (Dunne, M. Walter, publisher). ENGLISH BELLES-LETTRES FROM A.D. 901 TO
1834 (UNIVERSAL CLASSICS LIBRARY). Washington & London, M. Walter Dunne,
1901. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Front hinge
starting. Photogravures, etchings. Photogravures on Japan Vellum, Etchings,
Hand painted India- plate repros & full page author portraits. Contents
include: Biographia Literaria - Coleridge.. Poems - Chattterton.. Apologie
for Poetrie - Sidney.. Consolation of Philosophy - Boethius (Translated by
Alfred the Great).. Hydriotaphis (Urn-Burial) - Sir Thomas Browne - and much
more. 403 pages......$20.00
77. Dunston, A. J. (Editor). ESSAYS ON ROMAN CULTURE: THE TODD MEMORIAL
LECTURES. Toronto, Hackert and Company, 1976. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in lightly rubbed dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Corners bumped. Edge stripe. With Notes. Good tight copy.
223 pages......$14.00
78. Edel, Leon. HENRY JAMES: THE UNTRIED YEARS 1843-1870. Philadelphia, J.B.
Lippincott, 1953. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Cover
fore-edge lightly bumped. Black & white photos. "Story of the Childhood &
Youth of Henry James...portrait of the artist as a young man." Good tight
copy. 350 pages......$12.50
79. Edgar,Pelham. THE ART OF THE NOVEL: FROM 1700 TO THE PRESENT TIME. New
York, Macmillan, 1933. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Corners worn/bumped. Spine faded. Tiny paint flecks lower cover
edge. With fold-out Post Civil War novel chart.Bibliography, Index. Tight
well-bound volume. 493 pages......$13.50
80. Edinger, William. SAMUEL JOHNSON AND POETIC STYLE. Chicago, University of
Chicago Press, 1977. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Upper corners
lightly bumped. Reconstruction of the logic of Samuel Johnson's taste in
poetic style - his perception of individual texts... by recovering the
meaning of key terms of 18th Century stylistic criticism. With Notes,
extensive Index. Tight well-bound volume. 271 pages......$16.50
81. Elliot, George P. A GEORGE P. ELLIOTT READER: SELECTED POETRY AND PROSE.
Hanover/London, Middlebury College Press, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Good tight copy. 335 pages......$18.00
82. Enright, D. J. (Editor). FAIR OF SPEECH: THE USES OF EUPHEMISM.
Oxford/New York, Oxford University Press, 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Articles from 16 distinguished contributors. Detailed study on the
use of Euphemism in: English Literature.. France... The Media.. The Law..
Medical Profession.. Greece & Rome.. Politics.. The State.. Mortality - and
more. With Notes on Contributors.. 222 pages......$16.00
83. Epstein, June. JUNE EPSTEIN: WOMAN WITH TWO HATS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Melbourne, Hyland House, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photographs. Decorated endpapers. Autobiography of Epstein, pianist,
songwriter, broadcaster and author of over 40 books. Indexed. Good tight
copy. 210 pages......$13.50
84. Everett, Alexander Hill (Edited by Evans, Elizabeth). THE JOHN COLET
ARCHIVE OF AMERICAN LITERATURE 1620-1920 (Number 2, Summer 1974). St. Paul
MN, The John Colet Press, 1976. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition. Representative selection of Alexander Hill Everett's
journalism and correspondence. Major sections include... Prose Pieces,
Correspondence. With Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 265
pages......$20.00
85. Fanger, Donald. THE CREATION OF NIKOLAI GOGOL. Cambridge MA/London,
Belknap Press -Harvard Univ, 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Uppers corner lightly bumped. Black & white frontis drawing.
Brilliant detailed examinatoin of Gogol's writings - drawing on a wealth of
contemporary sources. With extensive Notes, Index. Good tight copy. 300
pages......$16.00
86. Feldberg, Katharine (Editor). OF MEN AND MANNERS: THE ENGLISHMAN AND HIS
WORLD. Coral Gables FL, University of Miami Press, 1965. 1st U.S. edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn/clipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. "A collection of writings that give
brilliant insight into the English personality and way of life". Essays by
Graham Greene, T.S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, J.B.
Priestley, A. A. Milne, Joseph Conrad, George Bernard Shaw - and many more.
With section "About the Authors". Good tight copy. 240 pages......$20.00
87. Feuerwerker, Yi-Tsi Mei. DING LING'S FICTION: IDEOLOGY AND NARRATIVE IN
MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE. Cambridge/London, Harvard University Press, 1982.
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with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis photograph. Detailed
examination of the writings of Ding Ling - Feminist, political activist &
China's foremost woman writer. With Notes, Works cited, Chronological list of
her writing, extensive Index. Good tight copy. 196 pages......$16.50
88. Field, Andrew. NABOKOV: HIS LIFE IN PART. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1977.
2nd U.S. printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Inked letter "P" on bottom page edges.
Insightful biographical portrait of Vladimir Nabokov. Good tight copy. 285
pages......$15.00
89. Field, Eugene. THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF A BIBLIOMANIAC. New York, Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1900. Decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Very light
cover wear. Owner signature endpaper. Black & white frontis photograph. Vol.
VII in "The Works of Eugene Field". Good tight copy. 253 pages......$20.00
90. Fitch, George Hamlin. COMFORT FOUND IN GOOD OLD BOOKS. San Francisco,
Paul Elder & Co, 1916. 1st/6th printing. Hardcover - cloth, 16mo. Very good
condition. Light cover/edge wear. Bumped. Spine faded. Tipped-in Black &
white photos/frontis. Short essays on "the best old books in the world." 33
tipped-in photos. With Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 171
pages......$14.00
91. Fitch, George Hamlin. GREAT SPIRITUAL WRITERS OF AMERICA. San Francisco,
Paul Elder and Company, 1916. 1st edition. Decorated cloth, 18mo(4 1/4 x 7).
Very good condition. Light wear to covers/corners. Tipped-in Black & white
plates. With tipped-in frontis of Whitman and 32 tipped-in portraits of
"Representative American Authors who...best illustrate... the national
genius." Includes chapters - plus capsule Biographies - on Emerson, Whitman,
Irving, Poe, Hawthorne, Cooper, Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes, Whittier, Thoreau
Twain, Harte, Howells, Markham - and more. With Bibliography, Index. Tight
well-bound volume. 163 pages......$50.00
92. Fowlie, Wallace (With Preface by Moore, Harry T.). THE FRENCH CRITIC 1549
- 1967. Carbondale IL, Southern Illinois Univ Press, 1968. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Historical survey of the various changes in French Literary
criticism - with a review of major 20th Century critics. With Bibliography,
Index. Good tight copy. 184 pages......$11.00
93. (Francoise Sagan) Translated by Macey, David. Prepared by Pauvert,
Jean-Jacques. NIGHT BIRD: CONVERSATIONS WITH FRANCOISE SAGAN. New York,
Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1979. 1st English edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs. Fascinating, revealing
conversations with Sagan regarding everything from childhood to love to
career to writing to death. With Notes, Bibliography. Good tight copy. 157
pages......$20.00
94. Frazee, Ronald. HENRY CEARD: IDEALISTE DETROMPE. Toronto, Univ. of
Toronto Press, 1963. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. First authoritative
account of the life & literary activity of Henry Ceard. Text in French. With
Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 191 pages......$20.00
95. Fullbrook, Kate and Fullbrook, Edward. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR AND JEAN-PAUL
SARTRE: THE REMAKING OF A TWENTIETH CENTURY LEGEND. New York, Basic Books,
Inc. Publishers, 1994. 1st paper edition. Qlty paperback, Small octavo. Very
Good condition+. Edge stripe. With Notes, Bibliography, Index. Good tight
copy. 214 pages......$10.00
96. Fuller, Jean Overton. THE MAGICAL DILEMMA OF VICTOR NEUBURG. Oxford
England, Mandrake Publishers, 1990. Revised edition. Qlty paperback, octavo.
Very Good condition+. Black & white photographs. Biography of victor Neuburg,
Magician, poet, seer, disciple of Aleister Crowley, and literary godfather of
Dylan Thomas. Indexed. Good tight copy. 270 pages......$16.50
97. Garrod, H. W. WORDSWORTH: LECTURES AND ESSAYS. London, Oxford University
Press, 1923. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition. Spine plate faded.
Owner inscription. Upper pg edges bumped. With biographical sketch. Contents
include: Descriptive Sketches.. Godwin & Godwinism.. 1793.. Elements... The
'Immortal Ode'.. Sense and Imagination.. Guilt and Sorrow: The Borderers..
'The Waters Sleep'.. Preface to Lyrical Ballads.. The Composition of the
Prelude. Tight well-bound volume. 211 pages......$25.00
98. Gibbons, Reginald and Hahn, Susan (Editors). TQ20: TWENTY YEARS OF THE
BEST CONTEMPORARY WRITING AND GRAPHICS FROM TRIQUARTERLY MAGAZINE. New York,
Pushcart Press, 1985. 1st printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corner lightly
bumped. Signature endpaper. Black & white photographs & drawings. Work from 2
decades from one of America's premier literary journals. Fiction.. Essays..
Poetry.. Photographs... Graphic Art. "Cross-section of literary activity and
accomplishment in America." Tight well-bound volume. 668 pages......$15.00
99. Gibran, Kahlil (Translated from the Arabic & edited by Ferris, Anthony
R.). KAHLIL GIBRAN: A SELF-PORTRAIT. New York, Citadel Press, 1969. Later
printing. Boards, Small octavo. Very good+ in lightly worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Small owner signature endpaper. Good tight copy.
94 pages......$10.00
100. Gikes, Lillian. CORA CRANE: A BIOGRAPHY OF MRS. STEPHEN CRANE.
Bloomington IN, Indiana University Press, 1960. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn/clipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Corners slightly bumped. Black & white frontis &
photographs. Well-illustrated. With Notes, extensive Index. Good tight copy.
416 pages......$16.00
101. Gilman, Richard. DECADENCE: THE STRANGE LIFE OF AN EPITHET. New York,
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. 1st edition. Decorated cloth, Small octavo.
Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Illuminating exploration in cultural history and first-rate piece of
literary criticism... especially relating to the world of Swinburne, Wilde,
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102. Glendinning, Victoria. REBECCA WEST: A LIFE. New York, Alfred A. Knopf,
1987. 1st American. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black and white
photographs. Detailed biography of Rebecca West. With Notes, Index. Good
tight copy. 300 pages......$12.00
103. Gokak, Padma Sri Vinayak Krishna. SRI AUROBINDO: SEER AND POET. New
Delhi India, Abihav Publications, 1973. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition. Spine lightly sun-faded. Articles on Sri
Aurobindo, his metaphysics and art. Contents include: Sri Aurobindi.. Sri
Aurobindo the Poet... Sri Aurobindo's Metaphysical & Political Ideas.. The
finding of the Soul in Savitri.. The Quantitative Metres in Sri Aurobindo's
Poetry.. The Allusive Style in Savitri.. Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics.. The
Impact of Sri Aurobindo on Indian Writers - and more. With Index. Good tight
copy. Hard to find. 185 pages......$25.00
104. Grabo, Carl H. THE TECHNIQUE OF THE NOVEL. New York, Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1928. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, 12mo. Very good
condition. Light cover/edge wear. Front cover edge ltly soiled. With index.
Good tight copy. 331 pages......$20.00
105. Graham, Catherine Clark, Ph.D. SOUTHERN ACCENTS: THE FICTION OF PETER
TAYLOR. New York, Peter Lang, Publisher, 1994. 1st edition. Laminated boards,
octavo. Fine in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Thorough
critical analysis of the novels and short stories of Peter Hillsman Taylor.
Good tight copy. 167 pages......$15.00
106. Gray, W. Forbes. SCOTT IN SUNSHINE & SHADOW: THE TRIBUTE OF HIS FRIENDS.
London, Metheun & Co, 1931. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Edges lightly worn/bumped. Owner plate. Hinge just starting. 12
Black & white plates/frontis. Engaging portraits of the friends of Sir Walter
Scott -with Scott as the common backdrop. 312 pages + ads......$20.00
107. Grein, J. T. THE WORLD OF THE THEATRE: IMPRESSIONS AND MEMOIRS - MARCH
1920-1921. London, William Heinemann, 1921. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
Very good condition in worn chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Corners slightly bumped. Lt foxing endpaper. "Collection of articles
which Mr. J.T. Grein, the cosmopolitan critic contributed to the Illustrated
London News during 1920. Green cloth with paste-down title plate on spine.
"...a book that touches on all subjects concerning the Theatre; a diary of
one who sees nearly every play in London." Forty-six articles in all,
including: Grand guignol, Matheson Lang's Othello, Alhambra Review, The late
Empress Eugenie and the Theatre, Aspirant playwrights of France, Ethel
Irving's Tosca, Russian Ballet, The Fallacy of First Nights, London - and
other theatrical centers of the world, Pasteur, The Pioneers, Our
Conservatoire, A.A. Milne, The Beggar's Opera, A Yiddish Theatre, The
Eloquence of G.B.S. - and much more. Tight well-bound volume. .....$50.00
108. Gresham, Douglas H. LENTEN LANDS: MY CHILDHOOD WITH JOY DAVIDMAN AND
C.S. LEWIS. New York, Macmillan, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black and white photographs. Well-Indexed. Good tight copy. 225
pages......$11.00
109. Greville, Fulke (Introduction by Wooden, Warren W.). THE LIFE OF THE
RENOWNED SR PHILIP SIDNEY (1652). New York, Scholars'Facsimiles/Reprints,
1984. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very Good condition+. Facsimile reprint - in
Olde English - of Greville's famous biography of British Poet, Sir Philip
Sidney. Good tight copy. 255 pages......$30.00
110. Guirand, Felix (Editor) Translated from the French by Aldington, R. and
Ames, Delano (Introduction by Graves, Robert). LAROUSSE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
MYTHOLOGY. New York, Prometheus Press, 1960. 3rd impression. Hardcover -
cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in chipped/lightly edgetorn dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Front endpaper creased. Color & Black &
white plates. Monumental work. First complete encyclopedia of world
mythology. Lavishly illustrated with 868 plates... including 8 full-color
plates. Indispensable reference. The mythologies of mankind - form
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detail. Well-Indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 500 pages......$40.00
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