Results for: Literary Criticism

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

LIFE AND LETTERS.

2 volumes.
London: n.p., 1930. 8vo. later limp cloth. 2 volumes. Edited by Desmond MacCarthy. With contributions by Cyril Connolly, Arthurs Symons, Aldous Huxley, Osbert Sitwell, John Hayward, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Logan Pearsall Smith and Lytton Strachey. Contains the following: Volume IV, 20 - 25 (1930 - 514 pages); 26 - 31 (464 pages). Also present are some loose issues with Stanley Unwin contributions. READ MORE about LIFE AND LETTERS

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 40780

LONDON MAGAZINE, A MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE.

Edited by John Lehmann.
London: London Magazine, 1954-. Edited by John Lehmann. Large run of 46 issues of this periodical filled with the works of Auden, Bowles, Sitwell, Gunn, Waugh, Priestley, Greene, Williams, Wilson, and many many others. Includes: Volume 1. 3-11. Volume 2. 1-6, 8-12. Volume 3. 1-2, 4-12. Volume 4. 1-12. (2 copies of No. 1 and No. 7) Volume 5. 1. READ MORE about LONDON MAGAZINE, A MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 99806

TABLE OF SYMBOLS FOR PRINTERS' AND AUTHORS' PROOOF CORRECTIONS (EXTRACTED FROM B.S. 1219: 1945).

London: British Standards Institution, 1945. 12mo. self paper wrappers. (6) page foldout. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Some soiling of covers. READ MORE about TABLE OF SYMBOLS FOR PRINTERS' AND AUTHORS' PROOOF CORRECTIONS (EXTRACTED FROM B.S. 1219: 1945

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 102394

Addison, Joseph, Richard Steele, et. al.

THE SPECTATOR; WITH ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, THE LIVES OF THE AUTHORS.

8 volumes.
London: H.D. Symonds, et al. 1801. 8vo. contemporary full marbled calf, spine gilt with black leather spine labels. thousands of pages. 8 volumes. Reprint of this famous periodical. "Comprending, Addison, Steele, Parnell, Hughes, Budgell, Eusden, Tickell, and Pope. with Critical Remarks on their Respective Writings." Minor wear at spine ends. Bookplate. Well preserved set. READ MORE about THE SPECTATOR; WITH ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, THE LIVES OF THE AUTHORS

Price: $550.00 Order nr. 106738

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

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

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

Bowdler, John.

MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF JOHN BOWDLER, ESQ.

London: A. and R. Spottiswoode, 1824. 8vo. contemporary calf with raised bands and gilt decoration and rules. 296 pages. First edition. Presentation copy. John Bowdler (1746-1823), a writer on religious and church affairs, was the author of Select Pieces in Verse and Prose (1818). Inscribed "From the Author" on the half title. Bookplates are on the front paste down and the front free endpapers, both from the Locker family. There are a few notes in..... READ MORE about MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF JOHN BOWDLER, ESQ

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 96348

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

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 Order nr. 94543

(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

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

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

Fink, Frances Sharf.

HEADS ACROSS THE SEA; AN ALBUM OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERARY.

Charlottesville: Univ. of Virginia Press, (1959). 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. (xvi), 251 pages and many separate plates. First edition. With a list of painters, sculptors, engravers, collectors and a bibliography. READ MORE about HEADS ACROSS THE SEA; AN ALBUM OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERARY

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 3971

Fitch, George Hamlin.

MODERN ENGLISH BOOKS OF POWER.

Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1970). 8vo. cloth. xvii, 173 pages. Reprint of the 1913 first edition. Essays and short bibliographies on leading 19th century English writers. Foxed. READ MORE about MODERN ENGLISH BOOKS OF POWER

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 61137

Foss, Michael.

THE AGE OF PATRONAGE.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1972. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, (i), 234 pages. First edition. A social history of the arts in England in the century following the Restoration. It shows how the state of the arts fluctuated as it was affected by the waning influence of the King and Court, the rise of political parties, and a new sense of middle-class decorum and responsibility. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about THE AGE OF PATRONAGE

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 57990

Gerould, Gordon Hall (editor).

OLD ENGLISH AND MEDIEVAL LITERATURE.

New York: Greenwood Press, Publishers, (1969). 8vo. cloth. 351 pages. Reprint of the 1929 first edition. "Nelson's English Readings, Volume One." Sections on Beowulf, Cynewulf, Geoffrey Cahucer, Malory and popular ballads. READ MORE about OLD ENGLISH AND MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

Price: $13.00 Order nr. 89775

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

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

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

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

Hazlitt, W. Carew.

FOUR GENERATIONS OF A LITERARY FAMILY, THE HAZLITTS IN ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND AMERICA. THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR FORTUNES, 1725-1896. With Portraits reproduced from Miniatures by John Hazlitt.

2 volumes.
London: George Redway, 1897. 8vo. original green cloth stamped in gilt. xviii,294,(2); (vi),379 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Filled with comments on authors of the day. Minor cover rubbing. Ink ownership inscriptions on front pastedowns and free endpapers. READ MORE about FOUR GENERATIONS OF A LITERARY FAMILY, THE HAZLITTS IN ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND AMERICA. THEIR...

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 18272

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