Results for: Literary Criticism

(Grabbe). Bergmann, Alfred.

MEINE GRABBE-SAMMLUNG: ERINNERUNGEN UND BEKENNTNISSE.

Detmold: Ernst Schnelle, 1942. small 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. 254 pages. First edition. Study of works in the collection of the works of the German playwright Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801--1836). A controversial figure even in his own time, he is remembered for his poetic gifts as well as his turbulent life, marked with alcoholism and unstable relationships. His work was often highly original but filled with biting satire and cynicism. In 1938 this..... READ MORE about MEINE GRABBE-SAMMLUNG: ERINNERUNGEN UND BEKENNTNISSE

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 77976

(Grafisk Cirkel). Maistre, Xavier de.

REJSE I MIT KAMMER.

København: Grafisk Cirkel, 1942. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers; top edge cut, all others uncut; slipcase. (iv), 189, (3) pages. Grafisk Cirkel publication nr. 37. Edition limited to 84 signed and numbered copies. Danish translation of Xavier de Maistre'sVoyage autour de ma chambrefirst published in 1795. Engraved illustrations by Ebbe Sadolin. Unopened pages. READ MORE about REJSE I MIT KAMMER

Price: $85.00 Order nr. 74574

Grieder, Josephine.

TRANSLATIONS OF FRENCH SENTIMENTAL PROSE FICTION IN LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND: THE HISTORY OF A LITERARY VOGUE.

Durham, N.C. Duke University, 1975. 8vo. cloth-covered boards, dust jacket. ix+(i),136 pages. First edition. A study of a literary taste in vogue in England from the early 1760's to the late 1790's. Written by the chair of the Languages Department at Rutgers. Examines the conditions, including marketing campaigns, that made these translations so popular in a nation that already boasted a thriving literature. Includes detailed bibliographies and indices. READ MORE about TRANSLATIONS OF FRENCH SENTIMENTAL PROSE FICTION IN LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND: THE HISTORY...

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 64117

(Groussac, Paul). Canter, Juan.

CONTRIBUCION A LA BIBLIOGRAFIA DE PAUL GROUSSAC.

Buenos Airea: El Ateneo, 1930. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. Only the introduction. The front cover is present, but there is nothing at the rear - the text just ends on page 16. Wrappers soiled. Pages are tanned, although still very supple. Tattered at the upper edge with wear and creases all around. READ MORE about CONTRIBUCION A LA BIBLIOGRAFIA DE PAUL GROUSSAC

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 91862

Guinzburg, Harold K. et al.

BOOKS AND THE MASS MARKET.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1953. cloth, dust jacket. ix, (3), 66 pages. First edition. Includes Free Press, Free Enterprise, and Diversity by Guinzburg; Economic Trends in Trade Book Publishing by Frase; Expanding the Book Audience by Waller. Jacket chipped and price clipped. READ MORE about BOOKS AND THE MASS MARKET

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 2790

(Gummerus).

MEISTÄ TULI KIRJAILIJOITA.

44 Kirjailijaa Kertoo Kirjallisista Ensiaskeleistaan
Jyväskylä: K.J. Gummerus, (1947). 4to. quarter cloth, paper covered boards, dust jacket. 262 pages. 44 Kirjailijaa Kertoo Kirjallisista Ensiaskeleistaan. Text in Finnish. We Became Writers, 44 writers published by Gummerus relate their experiences, the "baby steps" fo writing, according to the subtitle. Black and white illustrations throughout. Published on the 75th anniversary of the founding of Gummerus. Dust jacket slightly worn at edges. Boards dented at corners. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE about MEISTÄ TULI KIRJAILIJOITA

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 108211

(Gyldendal).

HC BRANNER.

(København): Gyldendals Julebog, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 74, (3) pages. First edition. H.C. Branner, the Danish writer, is known for his collections of short stories, including Om lidt er vi borte(Well Soon Be Gone, 1939) and To minutters stilhed(Two Minutes Silence, 1944). Illustrated with a picture of Branner. Pages unopened. In Danish. READ MORE about HC BRANNER

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 63016

Hackett, Alice Payne.

60 YEARS OF BEST SELLERS, 1895-1955.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1956. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 260 pages. Revised from her FIFTY YEARS ... Jacket chipped. Annotated list of best sellers. Jacket chipped. Ink inscription. READ MORE about 60 YEARS OF BEST SELLERS, 1895-1955

Price: $7.00 Order nr. 9006

Hackett, Alice Payne.

60 YEARS OF BEST SELLERS, 1895-1955.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1956. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 260 pages. Revised from her FIFTY YEARS ... Annotated list of best sellers. Jacket worn with small pieces missing. READ MORE about 60 YEARS OF BEST SELLERS, 1895-1955

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 96416

Hackett, Alice Payne.

FIFTY YEARS OF BEST SELLERS 1895-1945.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1945. 8vo. cloth. viii, 140 pages. First edition. Wear at spine ends. Back cover spotted. READ MORE about FIFTY YEARS OF BEST SELLERS 1895-1945

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 53446

Haight, Anne Lyon.

BANNED BOOKS: INFORMAL NOTES ON SOME BOOKS BANNED FOR VARIOUS REASONS AT VARIOUS TIMES AND IN VARIOUS PLACES.

New York: R.R. Bowker, 1955. 8vo. cloth. xx, 172 pages. Second edition. Some rubbing of covers. Name in ink along outer edge of front pastedown. READ MORE about BANNED BOOKS: INFORMAL NOTES ON SOME BOOKS BANNED FOR VARIOUS REASONS AT VARIOUS TIMES AND IN...

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 9012

Haines, Helen E.

LIVING WITH BOOKS, THE ART OF BOOK SELECTION.

New York: Columbia University Press, (1956). 8vo. cloth. xxiii, 610, (2) pages. Later printing of the second edition. Minor cover rubbing. Bookplate. READ MORE about LIVING WITH BOOKS, THE ART OF BOOK SELECTION

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 14115

Hale, Richard Walden.

KINGSLEYS. WITH CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM RICHARD WALDEN HALE.

N.P. n.p., 1934. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 21 pages. Inscribed on front cover from the compiler to Sir Matthew Nathan. A privately issued Christmas printing regarding the literary Kingsleys. READ MORE about KINGSLEYS. WITH CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM RICHARD WALDEN HALE

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 80275

Hall, Donald (editor).

OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN LITERARY ANECDOTES.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 360 pages. Companion to Sutherland's OXFORD BOOK OF LITERARY ANECDOTES which concerned English authors. Covers Anne Bradstreet (d.1612) to Sylvia Plath (d.1963). Bookplate. READ MORE about OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN LITERARY ANECDOTES

Price: $17.50 Order nr. 22907

Hanebutt-Benz, Eva-Maria.

DIE KUNST DES LESENS.

Lesemöbel und Leseverhalten vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart
Frankfurt am Main: Museum für Kunsthandwerk, (1985). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 222 pages. Lesemöbel und Leseverhalten vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Text in German. "The Art of Reading," an exhibition of reading furniture from the Middle Ages to the present at the Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt. Listing of lenders to the exhibition. Foreword by Annelise Ohm. Essays on the Middle Ages, from Gutenberg to the 30 Years War, the Baroque and Enlightenment, the Industrial..... READ MORE about DIE KUNST DES LESENS

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 108198

Hardy, Thomas.

THE DYNASTS.

A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes. Part Third.
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1908. 8vo. original publisher's green cloth with gilt decoration. (iv), xiii, 355 pages. A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, in Three Parts, Nineteen acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes. Part Third. First edition. Pettit 129. The third and final part of Hardy's imaginative play that mixes the historical figures of the Napoleonic Wars with supernatural beings. Although Hardy considered the play to be his great work, it was not..... READ MORE about THE DYNASTS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 94357

(Hardy, Thomas). Tomlinson, H.M.

THOMAS HARDY.

New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929. 8vo. cloth. xxx,(2) pages. Limited to and edtion of 761, signed by the author, of which 550 were distributed in America. This one is the printers copy. The lithograph used as the frontis was drwn on stone especially for the book by Zhenya Gay. Signatures not attached well, somewhat shaken. Boards very lightly worn. READ MORE about THOMAS HARDY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 95302

Harlaftis, Gelina with Dimitris Dimitropoulos and David Starkey [eds.].

CORSAIRS AND PIRATES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, FIFTEENTH-NINETEENTH CENTURIES.

Athens, Greece: AdVenture SA, 2016. 7 x 9.6 inches. hardcover, cloth. 174 pages. "Well-chosen illustrations of archival materials embellish the presentations. All the contributions will be helpful to the historian of international law . . . All credit to the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation in Greece for sponsoring the original conference and subsequent publication of the papers." --Jus Gentium (Journal of International Legal History) This volume features 10 select papers from the 2nd International Scientific Conference..... READ MORE about CORSAIRS AND PIRATES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, FIFTEENTH-NINETEENTH CENTURIES

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 129782

Harrison, Frederic.

AMONG MY BOOKS.

Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1970). 8vo. cloth. xiii, 438, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1912 first edition. Collection of studies in general literature, libraries and authors including Homer. READ MORE about AMONG MY BOOKS

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 61177

Harrison, Frederic.

A CHOICE OF BOOKS AND OTHER LITERARY PIECES.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. 8vo. original cloth. xii, 447 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Two essays of special interest. Wear at head of spine. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about A CHOICE OF BOOKS AND OTHER LITERARY PIECES

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 9062

(Harte, Bret). Barnett, Linda D.

" BRET HARTE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDARY COMMENT."

2 volumes.
(Arlington, Texas: University of Texas at Arlington), 1972. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 189-320; pp. 331-484. 2 volumes. A bibliographical article appearing in the periodical "American Literary Realism 1870-1910", Volume Five, Numbers Three and Four, published in Summer and Fall of 1972. Number Three contains entries 1-1200, with Number Four containing entries 1201-2179. Contans an index by subject and author. Pages 361-368 are reversed and bound upside-down. Minor wear and fading at extremities. READ MORE about " BRET HARTE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDARY COMMENT."

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 101331

(Harte, Francis Bret). Clark, Lucy Trimble (compiler).

BRET HARTES.

A Checklist of Printed and Manuscript Works of Francis Bret Harte in the Library of the University of Virginia
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1957. 16mo. cloth-backed, paper-covered boards. viii, 64 pages. A Checklist of Printed and Manuscript Works of Francis Bret Harte in the Library of the University of Virginia. A facsimile of the checklist of printed and manuscript works of Francis Bret Harte in the University of Virginia Library. Slight shelf wear. READ MORE about BRET HARTES

Price: $13.00 Order nr. 97590

Harvey, J.R.

VICTORIAN NOVELISTS AND THEIR ILLUSTRATORS.

New York: New York University Press, 1971. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 240 pages and with 76 illustrations. First U.S. edition. Includes the work of Bruegel, Hogarth, Gillray, Cruikshank, Thackeray and Phiz. Jacket rubbed and chipped with small tears. Old price sticker on front pastedown. READ MORE about VICTORIAN NOVELISTS AND THEIR ILLUSTRATORS

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 9070

Harvey, Paul.

OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1958). thick 8vo. cloth. viii, 931+(1) pages. Third edition. List of English authors, literary works, and literary societies of importance. READ MORE about OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 25827

Hauréau, B.

HISTOIRE LITTÉRAIRE DU MAINE.

10 volumes
Paris: Dumoulin, Libraire, 1870--1877. large 12mo. original stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. 10 volumes. Complete set of this publication, which is the second edition of a series originally published in 1843--1852 (Besterman 3658). Hauréau aimed to compile a complete history of the people, political movements and traditions of Maine, France. Arranged alphabetically by author. Entries consist of extensive discussions of each author's background and work. Contains approximately 4,000 entries. Covers of all volumes chipped, torn..... READ MORE about HISTOIRE LITTÉRAIRE DU MAINE

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 77362

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