Brooks, Van Wyck

The Farmers' Daughters: collected stories.

Williams, William Carlos, introduction by Van Wyck Brooks, · 1961 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New Directions, (1961). 8th printing. G PB. For 42 years the author was a practicing physician in New Rutherford, NJ, and treated a man as material for a work of art. Here this volume gathers together 52 stories from earlier books and includes as well the great long story, The...

New England: Indian Summer 1866-1915.

Brooks, Van Wyck (from estate of Eleanor Roosevelt), · 1940 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.76 | ¥23,155)

(1940), Dutton, 1940. 1st ed. G. Eleanor Roosevelt bookplate on front endpaper #1233 Hyde Park, N.Y."From the collection of Eleanor Roosevelt John A. Roosevelt". on front endpaper. Some edge wear and tanning.

New England: Indian summer 1865-1915.

Brooks, Van Wyck, · 1940 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Dutton, 1940. VG. Maroon binding, cream spine, gilt decoration & lettering. Spine sl sunned, owner name ft endpaper. Sequel to The Flowering of New England, sketching the history of American literature.

New England: Indian summer 1865-1915.

Brooks, Van Wyck, · 1940 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Dutton, 1940. 1st ed. VG. Maroon binding, cream spine, gilt decoration & lettering. Tanning toward edges of binding & endpapers. Sequel to The Flowering of New England, sketching the history of American literature.

Helen Keller: sketch for a portrait.

Brooks, Van Wyck, · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Dutton, 1956. 1st ed. VG. Pulitzer Prizer winner Brooks draws an unforgettable sketch of Keller, blind & deaf since 2, she became a prominent force for. social reforms. Laid in newspaper article about Keller & her retreat in Snowville, NH, on Foss Mountain.

Fenollosa and His Circle with other essays in biography.

Brooks, Van Wyck, · 1962 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Dutton, 1962. 1st edition. VG in VG DJ. Publisher note laid in. Sl browning in DJ edges.

From a Writer's Notebook.

Brooks, Van Wyck, · 1958 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

NY, Dutton, 1958. 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Comments on radio, bullfighting, Veblen, Nietzsche, spelling & the avant-garde. Brick binding, DJ edgewear, white lettering.

The World of Washington Irving.

Brooks, Van Wyck, · 1944 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Dutton, 1944. VG. Owner's book plate. Edgewear, bottom corners bumped. Gilt decoration on front cover.

Helen Keller: Sketch for a Portrait.

Brooks, Van Wyck, · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

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NY, Dutton, 1956. BCE. VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped, sl torn. Brooks' most intense impression of Keller was that in comparison most other people seemed handicapped.

The World of Washington Irving

Brooks, Van Wyck · 1944 · Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Dutton, 1944. 1st printing of 1st US edition., front hinge loose & small hole in front end paper otherwise very good hard cover book/ no dust jacket.

The Flowering of New England 1815-1865

BROOKS, VAN WYCK · 1941 · Round Table Books, LLC

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Boston: Merrymount Press, 1941. Limited Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by R.J. Holden. Covered in green cloth with embossed botanical print. Gilt lettering on spine. Very clean and tight. Original slipcase shows some shelf-wear. Sepia drawings. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xx...

The World of Washington Irving

BROOKS, VAN WYCK · 1944 · Round Table Books, LLC

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

E. P. Dutton & Company, 1944. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on black panels on spine, black decoration on spine, gilt medallion on front cover, fore-edge deckle. Volume shows only light shelf-wear, spine lightly sunned, else fine. NEAR FINE.. Larg...

New England: Indian Summer 1865-1915

BROOKS, VAN WYCK · 1940 · Round Table Books, LLC

$13.00 (€11.80 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1940. Tenth Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in cream cloth over burgundy cloth, gilt lettering on burgundy panel with burgundy design on spine, gilt medallion on cover, fore-edge deckle. Spine sunned, worn at head, covers sunned and foxed, top edge ...

Our literary heritage.

BETTMANN, OTTO L./ VAN WYCK BROOKS · 1956 · Antiquariaat Het Kofschip

€13.00 ($14.33 | £10.85 | ¥2,288)

New York, Dutton & Cie. 1956, 2e Druk. Book, A pictoirial history of the writer in America. Many photographs. 246 p. Halfcloth. Hardcover. Good.

The Writer in America

Brooks, Van Wyck · 1953 · Brookline Village Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 203p. Very good condition, spot on spine .

Opinions of Oliver Allston, by Van Wyck Brooks

Brooks, Van Wyck · 1941 · Brookline Village Books

$13.00 (€11.80 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. 1941. Hardcover. 309 p. 22 cm. Good condition .

The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865

Brooks, Van Wyck · 1936 · Brookline Village Books

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New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. 1936. 3rd printing. Hardcover. 550 p. Good condition; spine darkened .

The World of Washington Irving

Brooks, Van Wyck · 1944 · Brookline Village Books

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New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. 1944. Hardcover. 387 p. Good condition .

The Times of Melville and Whitman

Brooks, Van Wyck · 1947 · Brookline Village Books

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New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. 1947. Hardcover. 489p. Good condition, lacking front free endpaper in tattered d.j./fair.

The World of Washington Irving

Brooks, Van Wyck · 1946 · Brookline Village Books

$13.00 (€11.80 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

Cleveland, OH, World Publishing Co. [1946]. reprint ed. Hardcover. 387 p. Very good condition tattered d.j./fair.