Results for: Literary Criticism

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

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

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

(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

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

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. A SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY BOOK 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..... READ MORE about OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE

Price: $49.95 Order nr. 133464

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

Hudson, W.H.

BIRDS AND MAN.

Author of "Birds in London," "Nature in Bownland," "The Naturalist in La Plata," etc.
London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. 8vo. original publisher's green cloth, gilt decoration. (vi), 317 pages. Author of "Birds in London," "Nature in Bownland," "The Naturalist in La Plata," etc. First edition. Wilson 44. A series of essays, some previously published in magazines, on ornithology and Hudson's passion for birds. Printed by R.& R. Clark, Limited. Contains index. Slightly worn, corners bumped. Front joint split, rear endpaper has some minor paper..... READ MORE about BIRDS AND MAN

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 94419

Hudson, William Henry.

A QUIET CORNER IN A LIBRARY.

Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1968). 8vo. cloth. ix, 238 pages. Reprint of the 1915 first edition. Four essay about eighteenth century writers, Tom Hood, Henry Carey, George Lillo and Samuel Richardson. READ MORE about A QUIET CORNER IN A LIBRARY

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 61183

Kunitz, Stanley J.

BRITISH AUTHORS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME WITH 1000 BIOGRAPHIES AND 350 PORTRAITS.

New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1936. thick 8vo. cloth. (vi), 677 pages. First edition. Minor cover wear. READ MORE about BRITISH AUTHORS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME WITH 1000 BIOGRAPHIES AND 350...

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 6724

Kunitz, Stanley J.

BRITISH AUTHORS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME WITH 1000 BIOGRAPHIES AND 350 PORTRAITS.

New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1936 (1964). thick 8vo. cloth. (vi), 677 pages. Reprint of the first edition. READ MORE about BRITISH AUTHORS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME WITH 1000 BIOGRAPHIES AND 350...

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 11192

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