Results for: Literary Criticism

Aiken, Conrad.

THE CLERK'S JOURNAL.

Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot
New York, NY: The Eakins Press, 1971. 4to. cloth. (iv), 26, followed by facsimile, (4) pages. Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot. Limited to 2300 copies, this being one of the 2000 printed on Andorra Text. An undergraduate poem of Conrad Aiken with a brief memoir of Harvard and a facsimile of the original manuscript with comments by Dean..... READ MORE about THE CLERK'S JOURNAL

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 96842

Aiken, Conrad.

THE CLERK'S JOURNAL.

Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot
New York, NY: The Eakins Press, 1971. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 26, followed by facsimile, (4) pages. Being the Diary of a Queer Man. An Undergraduate Poem together wih A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot. Limited to 2300 copies, this being one of the 2000 printed on Andorra Text. An undergraduate poem of Conrad Aiken with a brief memoir of Harvard and a facsimile of the original manuscript with comments..... READ MORE about THE CLERK'S JOURNAL

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 128784

Allen, Joe.

PRINTS.

(Wilmington: 2nd Saturday Poets, 2004). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 79+(1) pages. 2nd Saturday Poet: Anthology. Celebrating 20 Years of Continuous Poetry in Wilmington, Delaware. Edited by E. Jean Lanyon, Beverly Andrus, Steven Leech, Joe Allen. Cover by Franetta McMillian. With an introduction by E. Jean Lanyon. READ MORE about PRINTS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 102568

(American Authors).

(CONFIDENTIAL.).

N.P. n.p., n.d. 12mo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. A small pamphlet calling for the creation of a union-like organization of the "American Authors and Literature". With the names of W. D. Howells, Thomas W. Higginson, Charles D. Warner, Moncure D. Conway, George W. Cable, Julian Hawthorne, James Erant Wilson, and Charles Burr Todd printed at the end. Once folded into thirds. READ MORE about CONFIDENTIAL

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 102364

Atkinson, J. Brooks.

SKYLINE PROMENADES. A POTPOURRI.

New York: Knopf, 1925. 8vo. Medium blue cloth and color designed paper boards. 255, (1) pages. First edition limited to 2,000 numbered copies. Lacking the dust jacket. Presentation by the author on the front free endpaper. Minor wear to corners, else a fine copy. READ MORE about SKYLINE PROMENADES. A POTPOURRI

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 137979

(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, Carols.

FORTY YEARS OF PULITZER PRIZES.

N.P. Grolier Club, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Reprinted from the Princeton University Library Chronicle, Volume XVIII, No. 2, Winter, 1957. Covers faded along edges. READ MORE about FORTY YEARS OF PULITZER PRIZES

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 328

Baker, Ernest A.

GUIDE TO HISTORICAL FICTION.

New York: Argosy-Antiquarian LTD., 1968. tall 8vo. cloth. xv, 566 pages. Reprint of the 1914 first edition. Guide to novels which take place during different historical periods with short summaries of each. For instance, if interested in the settling of Ireland, a list of historical novels is given which contains books on that theme. Covers soiled, with spine age darkened. Some wear to head of spine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with..... READ MORE about GUIDE TO HISTORICAL FICTION

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136018

Baker, James M.

THE GENUINE AMERICAN MUSIC.

Wilmington: City Council, (1989). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (xvi), 221+(1) pages. First edition. History of Black music and Black artists. Designed and illustrated by Bernard Ben Pearce. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE GENUINE AMERICAN MUSIC

Price: $85.00 Order nr. 115313

Bannowsky, Phillip.

AUTOPLANT, A POETIC MONOLOGUE. WITH AUTOPLANT POEMS.

(Newark): Broken Turtle Books, (2007). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 67 pages. First edition. "Bannowsky journeys from assembly-line dismemberment to redemption, from student agitator and autoworker to teacher, poet, and activist." READ MORE about AUTOPLANT, A POETIC MONOLOGUE. WITH AUTOPLANT POEMS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 94627

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

Barns, Florence Elberta.

TEXAS WRITERS OF TODAY.

Detroit: Gale Reseach Company, 1971. small 8vo. cloth. 513+(1) pages. Reprint. Foreword by Robert Adger Law, a professor at the University of Texas. Listing of modern Texas authors with quotations from their works. Index of names by primary subject. Bibliography and a fold-out literary map of Texas. READ MORE about TEXAS WRITERS OF TODAY

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 77879

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

Bayard, Thomas F.

AGAINST EXECUTIVE INTERFERENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF LOU ISIANA.

Washington: GPO, 1875. small 8vo. self paper wrappers, stitched. 43 pages. Speech given in the Senate by Delaware's Senator on Saturday, March 20, 1875. Cover foxed. Vertical fold in center of pamphlet. READ MORE about AGAINST EXECUTIVE INTERFERENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF LOU ISIANA

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 66085

Benét, Stephen Vincent.

JOHN BROWN'S BODY.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1928. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 376, (1) pages. First trade Edition after the printing of 201 deluxe copies. With book shop label, "From the Books of J. W. Robinson Co." Fine in fine dust jacket. This extended poem, set during the American Civil War, garnered Benét the Pulitzer Prize in 1929. Includes a note by the author. READ MORE about JOHN BROWN'S BODY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137541

Benét, Stephen Vincent.

JOHN BROWN'S BODY.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. 8vo. cloth. 432 pages. Later edition. A near fine copy of this scarce printing. Edited by Mabel Abbot Bessey and an introduction by Bert James Loewenberg. This extended poem, set during the American Civil War, garnered Benét the Pulitzer Prize in 1929. READ MORE about JOHN BROWN'S BODY

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138071

Benson, Alden R.

LOTUS LILIES.

N.P. Privately printed, n.d. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt, dust jacket. (xii), 176 pages. B1-4692. Well printed with decorations in green ink by Star Publishing Co. of Wilmington. Presentation "To Mr. & Mrs H.W. Cullen, most respectfully yours, Alden R. Benson, Dover, Del. October, 9th, 1924". Spotting of endpapers and pastedowns and boards. READ MORE about LOTUS LILIES

Price: $18.00 Order nr. 65978

Bierce, Ambrose.

THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER.

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, (1930). small 8vo. publisher's cloth. 264 pages. First American edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Light age darkening to the spine. Else very good. Part of the Traveler's Library series. READ MORE about THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137264

Bird, Robert Montgomery.

CALAVAR; OR, THE KNIGHT OF THE CONQUEST: A ROMANCE OF MEXICO.

Volume 1 (of two) volumes.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. 8vo. original brown cloth, paper spine label. xxviii, (29)-278, (2), (12) pages. Volume 1 (of two) volumes. First edition of author's first book. (BAL 1152). With a 12 page publisher's catalogue at the end of each volume - being state B in the first volume ("Just Published ... Private Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte"). No priority assigned by BAL. Robert Montgomery Bird was a well-known Delaware author that resided in..... READ MORE about CALAVAR; OR, THE KNIGHT OF THE CONQUEST: A ROMANCE OF MEXICO

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 68523

Bird, Robert Montgomery.

HAWKS OF HAWK-HOLLOW. A TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Volume Two (of two).
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. 8vo. original brown cloth, paper spine labels. 8, 256 pages. Volume Two (of two). First edition. (BAL 1155). State B of the paper spine label with text printed in all capitals. Also has an eight page section at the beginning describing new books issued by Carey, Lea, & Blanchard which is not noted by BAL. These ads refer to the second edition of both CAVALAR and THE INFIDEL. BAL..... READ MORE about HAWKS OF HAWK-HOLLOW. A TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 68522

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

Bissell, George P.

SIGNIFYING NOTHING BY G.P.B.

N.P. privately printed, (1943). 8vo. cloth. 54 leaves. Fourth edition. A series of fictional letters to various newspaper editors dated between 1913 and 1943. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper "To Fred & Bertha Stone with very best regards from their old friend, G.P.B. 12-7-'43" READ MORE about SIGNIFYING NOTHING BY G.P.B

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 67861

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

(Brett, Harold M.). Blackmore, R. D.

LORNA DOONE.

Edited by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey & illustrated by Harold M. Brett.
Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Co, 1921. 8vo. cloth. 351 pages. Edited by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey & illustrated by Harold M. Brett. Spine lightly age darkened. Else very good. Bound in color illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers. With Standard Printed Inscription, by Madge Bellamy. READ MORE about LORNA DOONE

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137475

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