Specializing in C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Inklings & "The Seven"
Includes Out of Place. A Story by Joyce Carol Oates. Faulkner's "Sanctuary" and the Southern Myth. and many other articles. This might be the first printing of the Oates story. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #011973
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. This book represents a part of history that deserves to be preserved. The book covers travels to different places. This book also has many poems. Small chip at head of spine and marginalia on at least one page in pencil. Full refund.....
Item #058174
London: Oxford University Press, 1968. Paperback. This book is from the library of Dr. Bryan Shelley, author of Shelley and Scripture (published by Oxford University Press). Inscribed by Walt Litz to Dr. Shelley on half title page. Contains underlining and penciled index by Dr. Shelley. Small stain on front cover.....
Item #013630
New York: E. Littell, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Leather a little scuffed, little edge wear. Pulled somewhat from binding. Paper a little age toned scattered, mostly light foxing. The first few and the last few pages more heavily foxed. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 576 pages. Quantity Available.....
Item #055426
Paris: Charpentier, Libraire-Editeur, 1866. M. Bida. Hardcover. An elegant volume bound in 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Boards are rubbed and corners are chipped, lacking leather tips. Maroon leather spine is lightly worn at extremities but very attractive and hinges are sturdy and functional. Spine decorated with five raised bands.....
Item #015401
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Covers little rubbed, one light spot on front. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10". xviii + 373. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 pounds or less. Category: Literature & Literary; Essays & Literary Criticism. Pictures of this item.....
Item #051766
Maney Publishing, 2004. Used: like new, minor shelf wear.
Item #010485
New York: Oxford University Press, 2007-01-01. First Edition. hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in quarter quarter cream paper with ribbed light blue paper boards. Orange lettering on the spine. Barbara Novak is one of America's premier art historians, the author of the seminal books American Painting of the Nineteenth Century.....
Item #073361
New York: Grove Press, 1959. Illustrated. First Edition. Paperback. Paperback. Illustrated cover. Inscribed on first page by Henry Miller to Pierre Sicari, friend of Miller and collector. There is no other writing in the book. Illustrated. 192pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #027837
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1893. Sixth Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Binding rubbed, light fraying top of back strip, paper turning gray and a little brittle. Name in ink top of title page. A variety of essays dealing with smoking, mostly favorable. Interior reinforced on title page and a couple of.....
Item #054751
London: Early English Text Society, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Streak of fading on back cover. Size: 8vo. ix + 61. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN/EAN: 9780197222973. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. 8vo.
Item #051770
University of Chicago Press, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Bloch was chairman of the Department of French at the University of California, Berkeley. Like new.
Item #057950
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Size: 8vo. xv + 352. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 pounds or less. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN/EAN: 9780813012476. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. 8vo.
Item #051773
London: Oxford University Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Covers lightly rubbed, spotted, mostly on the back. Size: tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xx + 321. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 pounds or less. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not.....
Item #052188
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1920. First Edition. Softcover. Wrappers little worn at edges, some soiling. Size: Large Octavo. 8 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Literature & Literary; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Large Octavo.
Item #054538
London: Jones & Company, 1828. Reprint. Softcover (Disbound) Pamphlet. Disbound pamphlet, no wrappers. Little age toning, some soiling, mostly at edges. The Microcosm consists of 40 essays, Olla Podrida has 44 essays, both published originally in the 1780's. Bound together in this work with continuous pagination. Size: 8vo. 176 pages.....
Item #047402
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Reprint of the original 1923 edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 339 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 pounds or less. Category: Literature & Literary; Books on Books. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.....
Item #055905
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume X of Periods of European Literature. Maroon cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Spine faded. Corners and edges of spines bumped. Head and fore edges deckled. Previous owner's bookplate on pastedown. Text contains minimal underlining in pencil. Light foxing.....
Item #013551
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1976. First American Edition. Hardcover. Bulwer-Lytton was the author of that famous first line of a book: "It was a dark and stormy night." In Victorian England Lytton was quite a popular author but the twentieth century was not so kind to him. Dust jacket.....
Item #044948
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Slight rubbing. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 342 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 pounds or less. Category: Literature & Literary; Religion & Theology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Octavo (standard book size).....
Item #054789
Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Information Service, 1992. Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. This is an authorized facsimile made from the microfilm master copy of the original dissertation. Paperback. iii, 330pp. Light pencil underlining and marginalia. Previous owner's name stamped inside front cover. Original paper label on front cover. Name, "Dickey" written.....
Item #040176
Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 1994. Photographs by Jill Krementz. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes interviews with 22 Southern Writers. Beige quarter cloth cover with maroon paper. Inscribed by author on title page. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Indexed, 353 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Book and dust jacket both.....
Item #061244
New York: Crown Publishers, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes essays in which well-known novelists "rediscover" neglected fiction by other authors, includes Robert Penn Warren, Evan Connell, Joyce Carol Oates, Anais Nin, Walker Percy as well as Wallace Stegner whose essay "rediscovers" Glenway Wescott's Good-Bye Wisconsin, Colberg B106. This copy signed.....
Item #036879
Iowa City IA: University of Iowa Press, 1988. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Author reinterprets Pynchon's texts from an original perspective, showing the continuities, obsessions, and deeper generative concerns running through all of Pynchon's writing. An appendix includes the text of a letter written by Pynchon discussing the research for his third.....
Item #074345
Garden City, NY: Anchor Books/Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1969. Paperback. Contains previous owner's bookplate and very minimal highlighting. Covers lightly shelfworn, spine darkened from age. Price on cover inked out. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #013635