Results for: Literary Criticism

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

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Homer (as translated by Alexander Pope)134215.

THE ILIAD AND ODYSSEY OF HOMER AS TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER POPE, IN GREEK AND ENGLISH. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEVEN SHANKMAN AND 52 ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWINGS BY AVERY LAWRENCE.

2 volumes.
Chestertown: Chester River Press, 2009. 12.5 x 14.5 inches. cloth, dust jackets, slipcase. 550; 434 pages. 2 volumes. Acclaimed by Samuel Johnson as "a performance which no age or nation could hope to equal," Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad and Odyssey stands as one of the glories of English Literature. The Chester River Press edition of the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer has been designed and printed to reflect the epic proportions of this..... READ MORE about THE ILIAD AND ODYSSEY OF HOMER AS TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER POPE, IN GREEK AND ENGLISH. WITH AN...

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Jackson, Robert.

SERIAL PUBLICATIONS: ESSENTIAL PARTS OF 19TH CENTURY IMAGINATION FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT H. JACKSON.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1996. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 42 pages. This catalogue contains books from the collection of Robert H. Jackson. The collection is broken down into categories including: Literature; Humor, Caricature, and Sporting Books; Travel, Art and Architecture; and Natural History. It discusses the serial format and how it was used by authors like Charles Dickens. The catalogue accompanied the exhibition held at the Grolier Club from January 24 to March..... READ MORE about SERIAL PUBLICATIONS: ESSENTIAL PARTS OF 19TH CENTURY IMAGINATION FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT...

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Vander Meulen, David.

WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD: DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ALEXANDER POPE.

Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2014. 6 x 9 inches. paperback pamphlet. 27 pages. David L. Vander Meulen's Where Angels Fear to Tread: Descriptive Bibliography and Alexander Pope has come to be regarded as a classic statement of the purposes and methods of descriptive bibliography. Initially presented as the 1987 Engelhard Lecture and subsequently published by the Library of Congress, Where Angels Fear to Tread is now published in a new edition..... READ MORE about WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD: DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ALEXANDER POPE

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Weil, James.

JOHN KEATS BICENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1995. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 39 pages. This catalogue commemorates the third exhibition hosted by the Club, posthumously marking an important anniversary in the life of John Keats. It displays several different phases of Keats's work from poetry drafts, fair copies, and early printings in magazines, to private letters to friends, presentation copies, and more. The catalogue contains a foreword by Jack Stillinger and two full-page illustrations. The exhibition..... READ MORE about JOHN KEATS BICENTENNIAL EXHIBITION

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Wertheim, Stanley.

STEPHEN CRANE. AN EXHIBITION FROM THE COLLECTION OF STANLEY WERTHEIM.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1995. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 35 pages. Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage was published on September 27, 1895. This exhibition celebrates the centennial of The Red Badge of Courage and intends to demonstrate the full range of Crane's achievements as an author and poet. From the collection of Stanley Wertheim, the exhibition displays a collection that was brought together in the last quarter century. While not a...... READ MORE about STEPHEN CRANE. AN EXHIBITION FROM THE COLLECTION OF STANLEY WERTHEIM

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Ashton, Jean.

EMERGING VOICES: AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS, 1650-1920.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1998. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 120 pages. This catalogue, made to accompany the exhibition held at the Grolier Club from March 11 to May 2, 1998, expresses the voices of American women writers through their books. The catalogue explores the movement of women writers in America, beginning with the homespun verse of Ann Bradstreet (the first volume of poetry published by any American) and closing with the appearance of..... READ MORE about EMERGING VOICES: AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS, 1650-1920

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Barker, Nicolas.

THE GLORY OF THE ART OF WRITING: THE CALLIGRAPHIC WORK OF FRANCESCO ALUNNO OF FERRARA.

2 VOLUMES
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. 10.6 x 13.75 inches. cloth, regular and oblong quarto, in custom slipcase. 141 pp. (text); 231 pp. (facsimile). 231 color plates. 2 VOLUMES. This work unites the Rothschild Alunno, now in the Cotsen Children's Library, with Alunno's remaining work from four European collections and reconstructs the original appearance of the cartoni by the preeminent 15th century Italian writing master. The cartoni are presented in full color facsimile, with a...... READ MORE about THE GLORY OF THE ART OF WRITING: THE CALLIGRAPHIC WORK OF FRANCESCO ALUNNO OF FERRARA

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(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

Bringhurst, Robert with Ulises Carrión.

THE TIMELESS ART OF ALLOWING BOOKS TO THRIVE.

Number eleven of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2015. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 28 pages. Number eleven of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Number eleven of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. The Timeless Art of Allowing Books to Thrive is a dialogue between two theoretically and existentially divergent proponents of reading-executed in the manner of a conversation. Ulises Carrion's ground-breaking 1975 manifesto "The new art of making books" is here presented with interleaved remarks composed 40 years later by..... READ MORE about THE TIMELESS ART OF ALLOWING BOOKS TO THRIVE

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(Censorship).

NIHIL OBSTAT: AN EXHIBITION OF BANNED, CENSORED & CHALLENGED BOOKS IN THE WEST-1491-2000.

(Toronto, Canada): Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 2005. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 111+(1) pages. Exhibition and catalogue by Pearce J. Carefoote. Table of contents, foreword, introduction by Alberto Manguel. Black and white illustrations. An exhibition of books subject to censorship. READ MORE about NIHIL OBSTAT: AN EXHIBITION OF BANNED, CENSORED & CHALLENGED BOOKS IN THE WEST-1491-2000

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(Children's Books). Moon, Marjorie.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF MARY (BELSON) ELLIOTT BLENDING SOUND CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITH CHEERFUL CULTIVATION.

Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1987. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxix, 142 pages. First edition. Mary Elliott (then Mary Belson) began writing for children in 1809, at a time when increasing literacy and wealth and more progressive understanding of the reading needs of children were creating a growing demand for more and more books for young people. Beginning with two books in verse - one a lively tale about town and country mice, the other, an..... READ MORE about CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF MARY (BELSON) ELLIOTT BLENDING SOUND CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITH CHEERFUL...

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Franklin, Colin.

OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, Books of Kells, and Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 2012. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 296 pages. Reminiscences of an author, bookseller, and publisher, written at the age of eighty-eight, Colin Franklin's newest book is perhaps his most entertaining. It wanders freely through themes which have absorbed him - a lost world of publishing, adventures in bookselling, and the irreplaceable scholarly eccentrics who dominated that world a generation ago..... READ MORE about OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE

Price: $49.95 Order nr. 108511

Garvey, Nathan.

THE CELEBRATED GEORGE BARRINGTON: A SPURIOUS AUTHOR; THE BOOK TRADE, AND BOTANY BAY.

Sydney: Hordern House, 2008. 9.5" x 6.5" hardcover. 327 pages. First edition. This book traces the genesis of the Barrington books in rich and evocative detail, offering a compelling account of publishing history in England and on the continent, and displaying the subtle machinations of the book trade in a world without copyright laws. Throughout, The Celebrated George Barrington combines the rigour of book history and bibliographical research with a fresh and engaging style. Of..... READ MORE about THE CELEBRATED GEORGE BARRINGTON: A SPURIOUS AUTHOR; THE BOOK TRADE, AND BOTANY BAY

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(Grolier Club). Holzenberg, Eric.

FOR ART'S SAKE: THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT IN PRINT & BEYOND · 1870-1890, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ERIC HOLZENBERG.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2017. 8.5 x 11 inches. Hardcover. 136 pages. Published to accompany the exhibition "For Art's Sake: The Aesthetic Movement in Print & Beyond · 1870-1890, From the Collection of Eric Holzenberg," January 26-March 11 2017. Foreword and Introduction by Eric Holzenberg, followed by descriptions of 129 books, prints and other objects displaying the exceptional artistry and wit of the Aesthetic Movement, the unique mix of medievalism and japonisme that captivated..... READ MORE about FOR ART'S SAKE: THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT IN PRINT & BEYOND · 1870-1890, FROM THE COLLECTION OF...

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(Hemingway, Ernest). Grissom, C. Edgar.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2011. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket, with DVD. 644 pages, plus 112 on DVD. Edgar Grissom's Ernest Hemingway: A Descriptive Bibliography can succinctly be described as the culmination of all previous endeavors in Hemingway bibliography. Grissom corrects the work of previous bibliographers, adding numerous editions and printings to the periods they covered and addressing the years 1975-2009, which had previously been left untouched. This is the only..... READ MORE about ERNEST HEMINGWAY: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Hinks, John and Catherine Armstrong (editors).

BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES.

Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005
New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 6 x 9 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 281 pages. Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005. First edition. This ninth volume of the Print Networks series contains twelve exciting chapters from scholars working on the connections between the parties involved in the production of print artifacts; from author to printer, publisher, bookseller..... READ MORE about BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES

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(Huxley, Elspeth). Cross, Robert and Michael Perkin.

ELSPETH HUXLEY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

With a foreword by Elspeth Huxley.
Winchester and New Castle, Delaware: St Paul's Bibliographies and Oak Knoll Press, 1996. 8vo. cloth. xx, 187+(1) pages. With a foreword by Elspeth Huxley. First edition. The fifth volume in the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers series. Mrs. Huxley's writing life began at the age of fourteen when she sent anonymous articles, often with her own photographs, to the EAST AFRICAN STANDARD and other periodicals. By the age of seventeen she had written ninety-six..... READ MORE about ELSPETH HUXLEY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Janssen, Frans A., editor.

THE EARLIEST DUTCH IMPOSITION MANUAL.

A Facsimile of the Manuscript Overslag-Boek by Joannes Josephus Balthazar Vanderstraelen
New York: The Grolier Club, 2014. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 210 pages. A Facsimile of the Manuscript Overslag-Boek by Joannes Josephus Balthazar Vanderstraelen. Although "imposition manuals" -- instructions on the proper layout of typeset pages for the press -- have always been useful tools of the printing trade, surviving examples are rare. The present volume has been reproduced from a unique manuscript in the collection of the Grolier Club Library. Entitled Overslag-Boek, zeer nuttig..... READ MORE about THE EARLIEST DUTCH IMPOSITION MANUAL

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(Johnson, Samuel). Vander Meulen, David L. and G. Thomas Tanselle.

SAMUEL JOHNSON'S TRANSLATION OF SALLUST, A FACSIMILE AND TRANSCRIPTION OF THE HYDE MANUSCRIPT.

New York: The Johnsonians and Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1993. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 42 pages. Limited to 750 copies printed by The Stinehour Press. Facsimile and transcription of the surviving portion of Johnson's 1783 translation of Sallust's Conspiracy of Catiline. This is the first publication of this manuscript. READ MORE about SAMUEL JOHNSON'S TRANSLATION OF SALLUST, A FACSIMILE AND TRANSCRIPTION OF THE HYDE MANUSCRIPT

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Lallier, Monique.

MONIQUE LALLIER: A RETROSPECTIVE.

New Castle, DE and Greensboro, NC: Oak Knoll Press and Guilford College Art Gallery, 2018. 8.5 x 11 inches. paperback. 120 pages. "Leafing through the preliminary pages of this new catalogue documenting the career of Monique Lallier, we are greeted with several photographs of the artist at work... which serves to introduce our subject and sets the tone for the rest of the catalogue -- a tone that is intimate and collegial, as if we..... READ MORE about MONIQUE LALLIER: A RETROSPECTIVE

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(Lawrence, D.H.). Ross, Charles L.

COMPOSITION OF THE RAINBOW AND WOMEN IN LOVE: A HISTORY.

Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, (1979). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 168 pages. First edition. A study of the sequence of writing and revision of these two D.H. Lawrence novels. Includes the history of Lawrence's involvement with the drafts of each novel and the impact of literary agents and publishers on the novels. READ MORE about COMPOSITION OF THE RAINBOW AND WOMEN IN LOVE: A HISTORY

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(Lear, Edward). Schiller, Justin G.

NONSENSUS: CROSS-REFERENCING EDWARD LEAR'S ORIGINAL 116 LIMERICKS WITH EIGHT HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS AND COMPARING THEM TO PRINTED TEXTS FROM THE 1846,1855 AND 1861 VERSIONS; TOGETHER WITH A CENSUS OF KNOWN COPIES OF THE GENUINE FIRST EDITION.

With introductory remarks by Vivien Noakes.
Stroud: Catalpa Press, 1988. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 119 pages. With introductory remarks by Vivien Noakes. A fascinating census of the limericks in Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense,which was first published in 1846 as two separate volumes with seventy-three limericks. A "new" (i.e. second) edition came out in 1855, and a third edition with forty-three additional verses was published in 1861. This third edition provides the first full text and also identifies Lear..... READ MORE about NONSENSUS: CROSS-REFERENCING EDWARD LEAR'S ORIGINAL 116 LIMERICKS WITH EIGHT HOLOGRAPH...

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 25739

(Logos).

THE LITERATURE OF THE BOOK.

UK: LOGOS, 2005. 6" x 9" stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages. First edition. This 120-page book was created and published by Logos: The Journal of the World Book Community. Fifteen corresponding contributors helped to cast a useful descriptive bibliography, which would inform the book professions about the best books written by, about and for them. This book becomes the overall critical guide for the world of Books About Books. This guide is an overall collection..... READ MORE about THE LITERATURE OF THE BOOK

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 86935

Loney, Alan (ed.).

VERSO 5: A MAGAZINE FOR THE BOOK AS A WORK OF ART.

Malvern East, Australia: Verso Magazine, 2017. 8.25 x 11.75 inches. self cover, saddle stitched. 32 pages. Verso, a magazine for the Book as a Work of Art, is based on the idea that a book may reach the level of art from any origin, impulse, technology, or cultural location. Largely based in Australia and New Zealand, every issue also featured works from the international scene. Number 5 includes essays by Marian Crawford on Julie Chen..... READ MORE about VERSO 5: A MAGAZINE FOR THE BOOK AS A WORK OF ART

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 130092

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