Essays of Four Decades
Chicago: The Swallow Press, 1968. Hard Cover.
Jacket rubbed, faint edge wear.
640 pp. A series of essays on religion, politics, literature, and poetry.
Chicago: The Swallow Press, 1968. Hard Cover.
Jacket rubbed, faint edge wear.
640 pp. A series of essays on religion, politics, literature, and poetry.
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edge wear, front jacket flap clipped with price intact.
159 pp. This classic introduction to the Chinese literature is a fundamental step towards the West's understanding of the rich literary legacy of China. Readable, condensed, entertaining, the.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket nearly split in two pieces at spine but still holding, a few other additional smaller tears to jacket edges. Ink name on front free endpaper.
ix, 134 pp. 8vo. From the jacket: '... a comprehensive contemporary view.....
San Diego, California: Canterbury Classics, 2019. 11th printing. Full-Leather.
New. Eleventh printing. An exceptional copy.
544 pp. A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the history, lands, and inhabitants of Middle-earth. The fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth contains a rich assortment of people, cities, and creatures—as well as a......
Boston/New York: Mariner Books, 2021. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
New. Third printing. An exceptional copy.
xxi, 440 pp. The first ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the.....
Boston/New York: William Morrow, 2015. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
New. Eleventh printing. An exceptional copy.
xiv, 425 pp. The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have.....
Boston/New York: Mariner Books, 2021. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
New. Second printing. An exceptional copy.
255 pp. SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, AND SIR ORFEO. THREE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POEMS, WITH TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN. It’s Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won’t begin to feast until.....
New York: Pegasus, 2022. Rafaelian, Arnaud. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback.
New. Third printing. An exceptional copy.
xxiii, 391 pp. The surprising and illuminating look at how Tolkien's love of science and natural history shaped the creation of his Middle Earth, from its flora and fauna to its landscapes. The world.....
New York: Union Square & Co., 2022. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
New. Second printing. An exceptional copy.
xiii, 354 pp. This volume is perhaps the most in-depth exploration ever undertaken of Tolkien's world. Accessible but authoritative, and fully illustrated, it is now being reissued with a stunning new cover treatment.....
Totowa, New Jersey: Barnes & Noble Books, 1980. Hard Cover.
General light wear to jacket. Page ridges foxed.
xi, 225 pp. Argues that an understanding of Chekhov's works must depend on a systematic placing of the author in his social context, and he finds in genetic structuralism and the sociology.....
New York: Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Faint edge wear.
919 pp. Composed chiefly of Updike's book reviews of the past eight years, this collection includes pieces on Edmund Wilson, Vladimir Nabokov, and Muriel Spark, on actresses Doris Day and Louise Brooks and an appendix of imaginary.....
Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Presentation copy with author's card laid in. Light stain on jacket spine, jacket spine lightly toned, small tear along bottom edge of rear jacket panel. Top page ridge very faintly foxed.
xix, 378 pp. Piers Plowman.....
Nendeln/Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, 1975. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1975 reissue of 1908 original. No jacket. A fine copy.
French text. A bibliography of works by and about Jacques-Benigne Lignel Bossuet, the French bishop and theologian renowned as a brilliant orator. Includes listing for works from the mid-17th to early 20th centuries
.....Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, jacket soiled. Sticker ghost on front paste-down endpaper.
ix, 252 pp. Charles Olson is often described as one of the most influential American poets of the last quarter century; some would rather.....
Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitatsbuchhandlung, 1925. Second Edition. Hard Cover.
Second revised edition. Association copy inscribed to Walter Ullmann, a fellow medieval scholar. Edges and endpapers foxed, otherwise an excellent set.
[iii], 391; vi, [1], [392]-835 pp. 8vo. Contemporary vegetable vellum bindings, gilt titles and borders. Karl Vossler was a linguist.....
Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1832. Half-Leather.
Boards and gilt on spine lightly rubbed, small chip on front free endpaper, light stain on first few pages.
xcvi, 224 pp. Half binding with marbled boards, marbled page ridges, and marbled endpapers. "Izaak Walton (c. 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer.....
Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1832. Half-Leather.
Boards and gilt on spine rubbed, light general wear.
336 pp. Half binding with marbled boards, marbled page ridges, and marbled endpapers. "Izaak Walton (c. 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, he also.....
Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1979. Hard Cover.
Jacket edges rubbed. Ink name on front free endpaper, pencil underlining and marginalia.
xvii, 375 pp. "...provides the fullest available account of Conrad's early literary career. Though not a critical biography, the opening chapter and the biographical sections that preface each.....
Cambridge, Massachusetts / London, England: Harvard University Press, 1984. 6th Printing. Hard Cover.
6th printing. Faint edge wear.
104 pp. One Writer's Beginnings is a collection of autobiographical essays by Eudora Welty, winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book is based on three lectures she delivered at.....
Boston: Beacon Press, 2014. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Wrapper edges lightly worn.
253 pp. In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary African American leaders: Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella.....
New York: Albert Mason, Publisher. 1874. First Edition. Hard Cover.
Inscribed and signed by the publisher on front flyleaf (Justin D Fulton, with the compliments of his friend the publisher, Albert Mason, Nov 27th 1874'). Minimal wear to corners.
340 pp. Commentary on the lives and works of James Russell.....
Boston, Massachusetts: L.C. Page & Company, 1906. 5th Printing. Hard Cover.
Fifth printing. No jacket. Front board lightly toned, small tear to top edge of rear board, ink gift note.
444 pp. Red boards with gilt titles on spine and front board, decoration of shells, banner and sword on front.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with small chips to jacket spine head and spine base. Pencil name on rear free endpaper verso.
xxviii, 735 pp. A one-volume edition of his own best-loved work While Rome Burns, Long, Long Ago both.....
New York: Ace Books, 1976. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback.
First printing. Spine and front cover creased, covers rubbed.
266 pp. The only one-volume listing of every published Christie novel, short story and collection, including plot outlines of Murder on the Orient Express and all major and lesser known works
.....Amherst and Boston, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, 2003. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. A fine copy.
xiii, 207 pp. A study of cultural encounter, this book takes a fresh look at the much ignored and often misunderstood experience of Christian Indians in early America. Focusing on New England.....