Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Thomas Nashe: A Critical Introduction

Hibbard, G. R. · 1962

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, England, Routledge Kegan Paul, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Black cloth over boards, sunned heavily at spine, a bit along top edge. Lightly toned interior, but c...

Americo Castro, the Impact of His Thought: Essays to Mark the Centenary of His Birth

Surtz, Ronald E., Jaime Ferran and Daniel P. Testa, eds. · 1988

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Madison, Wisconsin, Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to the blue cloth over boards covers, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, with gilt desi...

Sexton: Selected Criticism

George, Diana Hume, ed. · 1988

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Urbana and Champaign, Illinois, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Acknowledgments, Introduction by the editor, Diana Hume George, Anne Sexton Chronology, and then essays by Alicia Ostriker, Diane Wood Middlebrook, J.D. McC...

Negotiating with the Dead

Atwood, Margaret · 2002

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge University Press, 2002. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, bound in two-tone, hunter-green paper over boards, green c...

Le Thã¨Me de Promã©Thã©E Dans la Littã©Rature Europã©Enne, Tome I Et Tome 2

Trousson, Raymond · 1964

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Genève (Genf), Librairie Droz, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An apparent First Edition set of two large octavo softcover format copies, complete in two, bound handsomely in original printed card-stock wraps, forward cock to spines, and with a fine p...

Michel Faber

Glass, Rodge · 2023

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Liverpool, England, Liverpool University Press, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page, being that of Rodge Glass, the award-winning novelist, short story writer and biographer. Glossy pictorial boards and with a fine full-c...

The Peloponnesian War Book I-II, Ch. 65

Thucydides; Rex Warner, translator · 1993

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Bristol, England, Bristol Classical Press, 1993. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Toning to front cover of the lamin...

Postwar British Fiction: New Accents and Attitudes

Gindin, James · 1962

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean but for remainder mark along bottom edge, unmarked of interior, minimal rubbing to extremities,...

Kafka's Other Trial: The Letters to Felice

Canetti, Elias · 1974

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, Shocken Books, 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of letters from Franz Kafka to his fiancee, Felice Bauer, the breakup with which allegedly spurred him on to write The Trial. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcove...

Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004-2021

Atwood, Margaret · 2022

$20.80 (€18.87 | £15.74 | ¥3,321)

New York, Doubleday, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated with a fine full-color photograph of Margaret Atwood. protected. Stated First Ed...

Cinnamon Kiss

Mosley, Walter · 2005

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Boston, Massachusetts, Little, Brown, and Company, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page. Purchased from a dealer who purchased signed first editions directly from the publisher in bulk for resale and/or who sent copies of ...

Cinnamon Kiss

Mosley, Walter · 2005

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Little, Brown, and Company, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. A fine detective thriller feat...

Hawthorne

James, Henry, Jr. · 1879

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

London, England, Macmillan and Co., 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Another fine contribution to the series edited by John Morley, English Men of Letters. Scarce in the trade, a First Edition in overall Good condition of Henry James Jr.'s fine work of liter...

La Frusta Letteraria, Complete in Two Volumes

Giuseppe Baretti · 1838

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

Milano, Italy, Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Complete in two volumes, wholly in Italian language, blue and tan marbled paper over boards, heavily rubbed, also heavily rubbed paper title labels over spines (s...

Walkin' the Dog

Mosley, Walter · 1999

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, W.W. Norton, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated Third Printing of the First Edition, another fine featuring the unforgettable protagonist Socrates Fortlow, hero of Always Outnumber, Always Outgunned (both short story and novel). Fine-look...

Emerson's Impact on the British Isles and Canada

Sowder, William J. · 1966

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Charlottesville, Virginia, The University Press of Virginia, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, b...

Thoreau: A Naturalist's Liberty

Hildebidle, John · 1983

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Quite useful condensation of Henry David Thoreau's extensive journals into a one-volume format. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bri...

Emerson Among the Eccentrics: A Group Portrait

Baker, Carlos · 1996

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Viking, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Long r...

Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

2002

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Random House, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. His then latest collection of non-fiction works of praise and criticism and he invited his readers to "step across this line" with him in criticism. "Imaginary Homelands" accomplished much for 198...

Wormholes: Essays and Occasional Writings

Fowles, John; Jan Relf, ed. · 1998

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Preface to this fine collection of literary musings by an acknowledged master includes the following: "truth about all writers, male or female. They are professionally, often foolish...