Results for: Literary Criticism

Order Nr. 137079 TWENTY FOUR FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS, AS RENDERED INTO...

(Alcuin Press). Aesop; L'Estrange, Sir Roger (trans.).

TWENTY FOUR FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS, AS RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BY SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE, KNIGHT, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER THE ETCHINGS OF MARCUS GHEERAERTS THE ELDER.

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. small 4to. full brown leather, the front cover gilt with a rich design of crowned A's, with ornamental center and corners, gilt leather turn-ins, all edges gilt, crimson moire satin endpapers. (12) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies printed by the Alcuin Press on handmade paper. Small dampstain on outer margin of first few pages. Spine lightly faded. Slipcase slightly cracked. Else a lovely copy in a lovely signed binding..... READ MORE about TWENTY FOUR FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS, AS RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BY SIR ROGER...

Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 137079

(Badcock, Jonathan).

SELECTIONS FROM THE FANCY; OR TRUE SPORTSMAN'S GUIDE BY AN OPERATOR.

With a Foreword by George Plimpton & Etching and Drawings by Randy Jones.
Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1972. 8vo. quarter leather, patterned paper-covered boards, all edges speckled, paper-covered slipcase. xvi, 136 pages. With a Foreword by George Plimpton & Etching and Drawings by Randy Jones. Limited to an edition of 1950 copies, this being out of series. It is signed by illustrator Randy Jones, whose bawdy pen-and-ink drawings are scattered through the book. Original etching has been laid-in. Text is usually attributed to Jonathan Badcock, one of the..... READ MORE about SELECTIONS FROM THE FANCY; OR TRUE SPORTSMAN'S GUIDE BY AN OPERATOR

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 93975

Baker, William and Kenneth Womack (editors).

NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH BOOK-COLLECTORS AND BIBLIOGRAPHERS. VOLUME 184.

From the Dictionary of Literary Biography: First Series.
Detroit: Gale Research Company, (1997). 4to. cloth. xx, 531 pages. From the Dictionary of Literary Biography: First Series. First edition. A fine copy. Personal and literary biographies of the most important contemporary British book collectors and bibliographers. Well-illustrated with facsimiles of dust jackets, title pages, early drafts of works, photographs, typescripts, book illustrations and much more. With lists of works, suggested readings, references. Includes a cumulative index of previous volumes in this biographical series. READ MORE about NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH BOOK-COLLECTORS AND BIBLIOGRAPHERS. VOLUME 184

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 136564

Order Nr. 13739 SHAKESPEARE'S LOVE'S LABOR'S WON, NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE ACCOUNT BOOKS OF AN...

Baldwin, T.W.

SHAKESPEARE'S LOVE'S LABOR'S WON, NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE ACCOUNT BOOKS OF AN ELIZABETHAN BOOKSELLER.

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1957. small 4to. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. ix, 42, (2) pages. First edition, limited to 2500 copies. The finding of this manuscript bookseller's list from the early 17th century led to the dating of Shakespeare's play. The list is reproduced in collotype. Only minor wear to jacket. READ MORE about SHAKESPEARE'S LOVE'S LABOR'S WON, NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE ACCOUNT BOOKS OF AN ELIZABETHAN BOOKSELLER

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 13739

Order Nr. 8253 AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS AND POLITICIANS THE QUEST FOR AN ANGLO-AMERICAN COPYRIGHT...

Barnes, James J.

AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS AND POLITICIANS THE QUEST FOR AN ANGLO-AMERICAN COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT, 1815-1854.

Columbus: Ohio State University Press, (1974). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 311 pages. First U.S. edition. READ MORE about AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS AND POLITICIANS THE QUEST FOR AN ANGLO-AMERICAN COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT, 1815-1854

Price: $7.00 Order nr. 8253

Battesin, Martin C. (editor).

BRITISH NOVELISTS, 1660-1800.

2 Volumes
Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, (1985). 4to. cloth. xviii, 325+(1); x, 327-700 pages. 2 Volumes. Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 39: Parts 1 & 2. A two-volume set of biographies with cumulative index of the British novelists between 1660 and 1800. Illustrated endpapers of eight British novelists of the time. Signature of previous owner J.C. Beasley on half-title page in brown pen. Shaken. READ MORE about BRITISH NOVELISTS, 1660-1800

Price: $150.00 Order nr. 96627

Order Nr. 53173 JOHNSONIANA, DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON AND HIS FRIENDS, RICHARD GREENE, THE LICHFIELD...

Bennett, William.

JOHNSONIANA, DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON AND HIS FRIENDS, RICHARD GREENE, THE LICHFIELD APOTHECARY AND HIS MUSEUM OF CURIOSITIES.

Birmingham: Birmingham School of Printing and Graphic Arts, 1993. 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 17 pages. Offset reprint of the original 1935 publication by the City of Birmingham School of Printing. Brief account with excerpts from contemporary documents of one of Dr. Johnson's Lichfield relations. READ MORE about JOHNSONIANA, DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON AND HIS FRIENDS, RICHARD GREENE, THE LICHFIELD APOTHECARY AND HIS...

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 53173

BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS.

Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.12, DEC., 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: J. Fawcett on Thomas Malthus, A.S. Earle on 19th-century illustrated flower books, N.H. Marshall on Clement Moore, and R. Armstrong on the "state of the art book." ALSO: M. Atwood discusses storytelling (excerpt), B. Strubble takes a bibliophile tour of England, and the Bill Gates Library Foundation commits $200 million over the next 5 years to..... READ MORE about BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS

Price: $4.95 Order nr. 53715

(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

Bulloch, John.

STUDIES ON THE TEXT OF SHAKESPEARE: WITH NUMEROUS EMENDATIONS AND APPENDICES.

New York: AMS Press, 1972. 8vo. cloth. xii, 335 pages. Reprint of the 1878 first edition. READ MORE about STUDIES ON THE TEXT OF SHAKESPEARE: WITH NUMEROUS EMENDATIONS AND APPENDICES

Price: $6.00 Order nr. 43563

Bush, Douglas.

ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE EARLIER 17TH CENTURY.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, 680 pages. Second edition, revised. Light chipping to spine ends of the dust jacket. Else near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE EARLIER 17TH CENTURY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 968

Butler, Samuel.

HUDIBRAS.

3 volumes.
London: T. Rickaby, 1793. large 4to. full leather, gilt turn-ins, gilt design and lettering on the spine, gilt rules on boards, marbled endpapers. (iv), xxxix, (i), 317+(1); (iv), 322-678, (2), 8; (iv), 495, 18+(1) pages. 3 volumes. Lowndes 1, 336. Limited to only two hundred copies, this copy being one of those with the illustrations in black- chiefly Hogarth cuts. Volumes one and three have engraved frontispieces, and all three have engraved title pages. Volume..... READ MORE about HUDIBRAS

Price: $850.00 save 50% $425.00 Order nr. 94543

(Chesterfield, Lord). Gulick, Sidney L.

CHESTERFIELD BIBLIOGRAPHY TO 1800.

Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of America, (1979). 8vo. cloth. (ix), 225 pages. Second edition. Began as a supplement to the orginal edition published in 1935, Gulick decided to complete the work as a completely revised edition. The reputation of this English 18th-century author, who wrote such works as LETTERS TO HIS SON 1774, was openly abused after the publication of LETTERS. However, after the initial response, the outspoken appreciation of his readers and critics and the..... READ MORE about CHESTERFIELD BIBLIOGRAPHY TO 1800

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 34468

(Cockerell, Sydney). Meynell, Viola (editor).

FRIENDS OF A LIFETIME, LETTERS TO SYDNEY CARLYLE COCKERELL.

London: Jonathan Cape, (1940). 8vo. cloth. 384 pages. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Some shelfwear. Front hinge tender. Else very good. With letters from William Morris, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, Charles Ricketts and many others. READ MORE about FRIENDS OF A LIFETIME, LETTERS TO SYDNEY CARLYLE COCKERELL

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 55418

(Congreve, William). Hodges, John C.

THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM CONGREVE.

New York: The New York Public Library, 1955. tall 8vo. cloth. 116 pages. Reprinted, with additional illustrations, from the Bulletin. 659 volumes described. Presentation from the author to Charles C. Mish on the front free endpaper. READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM CONGREVE

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 31854

(Congreve, William). Hodges, John C.

THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM CONGREVE.

New York: The New York Public Library, 1955. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 116 pages. Reprinted, with extra illustrations, from the Bulletin. 659 items described. Remnants of paper label at top of front inside cover. READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM CONGREVE

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 97041

(Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa). Maison, Margaret.

JOHN OLIVER HOBBES, HER LIFE AND WORK.

London: The Eighteen Nineties Society, 1976. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, (iii), 77+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (1867-1906) was born in America but moved with her family to England. She wrote novels and plays under the pseudonym of John Oliver Hobbes. READ MORE about JOHN OLIVER HOBBES, HER LIFE AND WORK

Price: $12.00 Order nr. 115736

(D'Avigdor, Elim H.).

ACROSS COUNTRY BY "WANDERER"

With Illustrations by G. Bowers.
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1882. 8vo. full brown calf (by Root & Son London), five raised bands, sporting scenes blind stamped on spine, top edge gilt, original red cloth bound-in at end. (x), 361 pages. With Illustrations by G. Bowers. D'Avigdor (1841-1895) wrote a number of hunting novels under the pseudonym of "The Wander." He was educated as an engineer and supervised many construction projects in the Middle East. D'Avigdor was an avid sportsman..... READ MORE about ACROSS COUNTRY BY "WANDERER"

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 90239

(D'Avigdor, Elim H.).

FAIR DIANA BY "WANDERER"

With Illustrations by G. Bowers.
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1884. 8vo. full brown calf (by Root & Son London), five raised bands, sporting scenes blind stamped on spine, top edge gilt, original red cloth bound-in at end. viii, 360 pages. With Illustrations by G. Bowers. D'Avigdor (1841-1895) wrote a number of hunting novels under the pseudonym of "The Wanderer." He was educated as an engineer and supervised many construction projects in the Middle East. D'Avigdor was an avid sportsman..... READ MORE about FAIR DIANA BY "WANDERER"

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 90237

(D'Avigdor, Elim H.).

A LOOSE REIN BY "WANDERER"

With Illustrations by G. Bowers.
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. 8vo. full brown calf (by Root & Son London), five raised bands, sporting scenes blind stamped on spine, top edge gilt, original red cloth bound-in at end. viii, 352 pages. With Illustrations by G. Bowers. D'Avigdor (1841-1895) wrote a number of hunting novels under the pseudonym of "The Wander." He was educated as an engineer and supervised many construction projects in the Middle East. D'Avigdor was an avid sportsman..... READ MORE about A LOOSE REIN BY "WANDERER"

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 90238

Daiches, David.

THE PRESENT AGE IN BRITISH LITERATURE.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1969). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 376 pages. First half of book is about becoming a novelist, poet, critical writer in modern times. Second half of book is an extensive bibliography on several British authors, including Yeats. Free front endpaper signed by previous owner. Edges, covers and spine all lightly rubbed, minor wear to edges, crease down spine, light staining in spots around edges of volume. READ MORE about THE PRESENT AGE IN BRITISH LITERATURE

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 91913

(Dean, Mallette and Vivien).

COVEYERS READ, 1881-1959.

Scholar, Teacher, Public Servant
(Fairfax): n.p., (1963). small 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 56 pages. Scholar, Teacher, Public Servant. 245 copies of this tribute to Conyers Read were designed, printed and bound by Mallette and Vivien Dean. The types are hand-set Van Dijck with Goudy 30 for display. This text is divided into nine sections, including discussion about Read as a public servant, scholar, teacher, a piece written by Read, a bibliography, and a chronological timeline..... READ MORE about COVEYERS READ, 1881-1959

Price: $85.00 Order nr. 99476

Order Nr. 41021 DICKENSIANA, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LITERATURE RELATING TO CHARLES DICKENS AND HIS...

(Dickens, Charles). Kitton, Fred. G.

DICKENSIANA, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LITERATURE RELATING TO CHARLES DICKENS AND HIS WRITINGS.

New York: Haskell House Publishers, 1971. 8vo. cloth. xxxii, 510, (2) pages. Reprint of the first edition of 1886. Ink ownership inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about DICKENSIANA, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LITERATURE RELATING TO CHARLES DICKENS AND HIS WRITINGS

Price: $18.00 Order nr. 41021

Dobson, Henry Austin.

SIDE-WALK STUDIES.

London: Chatto and Windus (printed at Chiswick Press), 1903. small 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xii, 294, (2), 32 pages, with 5 additional pages of plates. Second edition (first publ. 1902). Dobson: Bibliography of First Editions, 63. Articles on the 18th-century actress Margaret Woffington, Henry Fielding as a journalist, the Spectator, and 9 others. With index, 5 illustrations, and a 1902 publisher's catalogue (browned-on different paper) bound in. A Chiswick Press printing, excepting the catalogue..... READ MORE about SIDE-WALK STUDIES

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 53054

(Dowson, Ernest). Flower, Desmond and Henry Maas.

LETTERS OF ERNEST DOWSON.

Rutherford, England: Fairleigh Dickenson University Press, 1967. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 470 pages, with 4 additional pages of illustrations. First edition. Ernest Dowson is among one of the best representatives of poetry in England in the 1890's. The letters contained in this volume provide a wealth of biographical knowledge. The largest collection of Dowson's letters is his correspondence with Arthur Moore, included in this volume. Chip out of corner of dust jacket. Tape..... READ MORE about LETTERS OF ERNEST DOWSON

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 55813

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