Results for: Literary Criticism

BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS.

Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. VOLUME 4, NO.1, JAN., 1999. IN THIS ISSUE: K. Ramsland on A. Camus, B. Roismann-Cooper on the private press printer Gloria Stuart (who learned printing from Ward Ritchie and is at the moment better known for her role in a recent movie), S. Stipe on "the book that ruined Kate Chopin's career," B. Hicks on Powell's Books in Portland, N. Basbanes on the London..... READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS

Price: $4.95 Order nr. 53955

BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS.

Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1999. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. Volume 4, Number 2, Feb., 1999. IN THIS ISSUE: S. Stipes on the slave narratives of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs with a bibliography of other such narratives by C.L. Blockson, N.A. Basbanes on Tom Wolfe, I. Ungar and J.P. Ansell on the illuminator and anti-Nazi caricaturist Arthur Szyk, R. Meador on the Wine and Food Library in Ann Arbor, and MORE. READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS

Price: $4.95 Order nr. 54933

BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS.

Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1999. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. Volume 4, Number 4. APRIL 1999. IN THIS ISSUE: Grant Menzies on Luce's Women, women who have inspired one-woman plays from the pen of William Luce; Alice L. Tufel on The New York Public Library Berg Collection, offers remarkable accessibility to booklovers wanting a hands-on experience with rarities; Peter Szatmary on Edward Hirsch's poetry that engages head and heart--and his newest prose book. Lorenzo..... READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS

Price: $4.95 Order nr. 55331

Birkerts, Sven.

THE GUTENBERG ELEGIES, THE FATE OF READING IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1995). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 231, (3) pages. First Ballantyne edition. A book worth reading. READ MORE about THE GUTENBERG ELEGIES, THE FATE OF READING IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 60544

Birkerts, Sven.

THE GUTENBERG ELEGIES, THE FATE OF READING IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE.

New York: Faber and Faber, (2006). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xv, (iii), 251+(1) pages. First published in 1994, this edition has a new introduction and afterword by Birkerts. Essays on reading and the effects of the digital age. This is the latest edition. READ MORE about THE GUTENBERG ELEGIES, THE FATE OF READING IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 93070

Birkos, Alexander S. and Lewis A.Tambs.

HISTORIOGRAPHY, METHOD, HISTORY TEACHING, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH, 1965-1973.

(Hamden, CT): Linnet Books, 1975. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 130 pages. Instructors of history can use this bibliography to compile reading lists for classes and a source of potential publishing outlets. Divided into chapters on research methods in history, teaching of history, historiography and philosophy of history, and historiographical studies by area, with a checklist of professional periodical literature as appendix. READ MORE about HISTORIOGRAPHY, METHOD, HISTORY TEACHING, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH, 1965-1973

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 70838

Birrell, Augustine.

ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES.

Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1970). small 8vo. cloth. xii, 290 pages. Reprint of the 1901 first edition. Ten essays on various subjects, including Walter Bagehot, James Anthony Froude and Robert Browning; also an address on good taste in books. READ MORE about ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 61170

Bissell, Emily P.

HAPPINESS AND OTHER VERSES.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, n.d. (circa 1927). 8vo. cloth. 224 pages. B1-3024. Bissell was the originator of the Red Cross Christmas Seal in 1907. After the section of poetry, there is a history of the development of the Christmas Seals. Corner of front free endpaper spotted. Foxing to title page. READ MORE about HAPPINESS AND OTHER VERSES

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 66261

Bissell, George P.

SIGNIFYING NOTHING BY G.P.B.

N.P. privately printed, n.d. (circa 1949). 8vo. cloth. 30 leaves. Fifth edition. A series of fictional letters to various newspaper editors dated between 1939 and 1949. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper. READ MORE about SIGNIFYING NOTHING BY G.P.B

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 65962

Bjork, Kai.

LAS- OCH BOKVANOR I FEM SVENSKA SAMHALLEN.

Stockholm: Statens Offentliga Utredningar, 1972. 8vo. stiff paper covers. 707, (3) pages, with 8 additional pages of plates. A Swedish government publication. Results of studies conducted 1969-1972 in five districts in Sweden on reading and book use. Includes demographic and other data on the districts, library statistics, reading data, activities of school children, etc., with analysis, photographic illustrations, samples of questionaires. Part one of this report. READ MORE about LAS- OCH BOKVANOR I FEM SVENSKA SAMHALLEN

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 51508

Black, Jeannette D. and William Greene Roelker (editors).

A RHODE ISLAND CHAPLAIN IN THE REVOLUTION LETTERS OF EBENEZER DAVID TO NICHOLAS BROWN. 1775-1778.

Providence: Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati, 1949. tall 8vo. quarter cloth with paper covered boards. xxxi, 82 pages. First edition, limited to 900 copies. Preface by Lawrence Wroth. Three illustrations. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about A RHODE ISLAND CHAPLAIN IN THE REVOLUTION LETTERS OF EBENEZER DAVID TO NICHOLAS BROWN. 1775-1778

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 480

(Blackmore, Richard Doddridge).

A COLLECTION OF THE WORKS OF RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE.

being the Author's Own Copies with Manuscript Notes and Alterations; Presentation Copies including the First Edition of "Lorna Doone," given to his wife, together with the proof sheets of this famous novel. The whole chronologically arranged in order of the first appearance of each publication; also Blackmore's School Books, his Writing Desk, Clock, etc. No.153
London: Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd., 1939. 8vo. cord tied stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. being the Author's Own Copies with Manuscript Notes and Alterations; Presentation Copies including the First Edition of "Lorna Doone," given to his wife, together with the proof sheets of this famous novel. The whole chronologically arranged in order of the first appearance of each publication; also Blackmore's School Books, his Writing Desk, Clock, etc. No.153. Catalogue of Blackmore's copies of his..... READ MORE about A COLLECTION OF THE WORKS OF RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE

Price: $17.50 Order nr. 92410

Blake, William.

SONGS OF INNOCENCE.

Yellow Springs, OH: Kahoe & Company, 1928. small 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. (vi), 28 pages. Printed and bound at The Antioch Press. Twenty-one poems by the eighteenth-nineteenth century English artist/poet. Cover rubbed at edges, soiled. Covers rubbed with wear along spine. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about SONGS OF INNOCENCE

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44887

Blakiston, J. M. G.

REMINISCING IN THE 17TH CENTURY.

(Winchester: Winchester College, 1985). 8vo. cloth. 72 pages. Being the first book appearance of a manuscript found after the death of Blakiston. Issued in tribute to Blakiston (1904-1981). Two page foreword by Walter Oakeshott. READ MORE about REMINISCING IN THE 17TH CENTURY

Price: $8.00 Order nr. 79952

(Blomefield, Francis). Stoker, David A.

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE REVEREND FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD (1705-52).

N.P. The Bibliographical Society, 1992. large 8vo. cloth. 276 pages. Francis Blomefield compiled and published the fascicles of what might have been the most comprehensive topographical history of any English county, when he died at the age of forty-seven. The 294 letters transcribed in this volume were written by, to, or (in a few cases) on behalf of Blomefield, historian and private printer. Indexed. Distributed for the Society. READ MORE about CORRESPONDENCE OF THE REVEREND FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD (1705-52

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 60366

Bode, Helmut.

BUCHER, SCHLUSSEL ZUM LEBEN, TORE ZUR WELT, STIMMEN DER GEGENWART.

Frankfurt: Bücherschiff, n.d. 12mo. paper wrappers. 352 pages. Contemporary essays on books--"keys to life, gates to the world." Spine creased. READ MORE about BUCHER, SCHLUSSEL ZUM LEBEN, TORE ZUR WELT, STIMMEN DER GEGENWART

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49621

Bond, William H. (editor).

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES: IN HONOR OF DONALD F. HYDE.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1970. 6.75 x 10.5 inches. hardcover, slipcase. 424 pages. This book is a collection of essays by eminent scholars regarding the study of eighteenth-century literature. The essays are in tribute to former Grolier Club President, Donald F. Hyde. Hyde was very active in the Club and after becoming President in 1961, he began revitalizing the library and rehabilitating the clubhouse. He also proposed and organized the Iter Italicum, a legendary..... READ MORE about EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES: IN HONOR OF DONALD F. HYDE

Price: $42.00 save 20% $33.60 Order nr. 106586

Bonnaffé, Edmond.

DICTIONNAIRE DES AMATEURS FRANÇAIS AU XVIIE SIÉCLE.

New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 353 pages. Reprint of the 1884 edition. Biographical information on French authors of the 17th century. READ MORE about DICTIONNAIRE DES AMATEURS FRANÇAIS AU XVIIE SIÉCLE

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 978

(Book Club of California). Davison, Richard Allan.

CHARLES & KATHLEEN NORRIS, THE COURTSHIP YEAR.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1993. small 4to. cloth with paper spine label. 167, (3) pages. Book Club of California Publication 202. Printed letterpress in an edition limited to four hundred copies by W. Thomas Taylor, Austin, in Adobe Minion, on Mohawk Superfine paper. Introduction and epilogue by the editor. A selection of the 1908-1909 courtship letters between the writers Charles G. Norris (1881-1945) and Kathleen Thompson Norris (1879-1966), who were one of..... READ MORE about CHARLES & KATHLEEN NORRIS, THE COURTSHIP YEAR

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 70527

(Book Club of California). Lewis, Oscar.

A WIDELY CAST NET.

Selections from the Work of a Veteran California Writer Chosen with Comments by their Author. Wayne Bonnett, Editor
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1996. small 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, plain paper dust jacket. (vii), 133, (2) pages. Selections from the Work of a Veteran California Writer Chosen with Comments by their Author. Wayne Bonnett, Editor. Limited to an edition of 400, this is publication number 205 of the Book Club of California. Printed by Feathered Serpent Press and Anchor & Acorn Press. READ MORE about A WIDELY CAST NET

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 93474

(Book Lover's Library). Saunders, Frederick.

THE STORY OF SOME FAMOUS BOOKS.

London: Elliot Stock, 1887. small 8vo. original green cloth stamped in gilt, edges beveled. xii, 208, (4) pages. First edition. The history behind some of the best known works in English literature. Covers rubbed with small tear along front hinge at top. READ MORE about THE STORY OF SOME FAMOUS BOOKS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 123901

(Book Lover's Library). Wheatley, Henry B.

THE DEDICATION OF BOOKS TO PATRON AND FRIEND A CHAPTER IN LITERARY HISTORY.

London: Eliot Stock, 1887. small 8vo. original green cloth, beveled edges. viii, 257 pages. First edition. History of the book dedication. One chapter devoted to Dr. Johnson's dedications. Minor cover wear. Ink stamp on front free endpaper. Back inside hinge cracked. READ MORE about THE DEDICATION OF BOOKS TO PATRON AND FRIEND A CHAPTER IN LITERARY HISTORY

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 751

(Book Lover's Library). Wheatley, Henry B.

LITERARY BLUNDERS A CHAPTER IN THE "HISTORY OF HUMAN ERROR."

London: Elliot Stock, 1893. small 8vo. original brown cloth backed boards. xi, 226 pages. First edition, one of a smaller number of copies bound thus and printed on better paper. Blunders of Authors, Bibliographical Blunders, Lists of Errata, Misprints, Schoolboys' Blunders and Foreigners' English. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Covers rubbed and soiled. READ MORE about LITERARY BLUNDERS A CHAPTER IN THE "HISTORY OF HUMAN ERROR."

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 35424

BOOKLETTER.

New York: Harper's Magazine, 1975. 4to. self paper wrappers. Vol.1, No.10 (January 6, 1975) to Vol.2, No.4 (September 29, 1975), missing issues. A total of 12 issues. Interesting reading with many reviews of books. Enclosed in a box with the name of the periodical stamped on the covers. READ MORE about BOOKLETTER

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 670

BOOKWORM, AN ILLUSTRATED TREASURY.

London: Elliot Stock, 1889. 8vo. Ulrich & Kup p.147. "A fine all-round periodical for collectors, bibliophiles and librarians." With information on bookselling, bookbinding, bookcollecting, etc. Have the following odd volumes: 1889. volume 3. New York printing. (iv), 380 pages. Worn at spine ends. Ex library. READ MORE about BOOKWORM, AN ILLUSTRATED TREASURY

Price: $12.50 Order nr. 36029

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