Literary Criticism from Great Expectations Rare Books

Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Portals Press, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, dark blue faux leather boldly lettered in gold on front cover and spine, in publisher's white dust-jacket. 256 pages. Bibliographical Essay, Biographical landmarks and Index. Presentation copy signed by author on half-title page and dated 6/88. Short… Ler mais sobre este item

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1994. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, cream colored cloth, no dust-jacket. 262 pages. Notes on Contributors, Index of Names; Index of Whitman Works. A selection of critical essays selected from the 1992 hundredth anniversary symposium by 20 eminent Whitman scholars.… Ler mais sobre este item

University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, grayish cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's beige dust-jacket. 217 pages. Index. First edition. An examination of Whitman's theory of language and the use of those ideas to express a sense of "national… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, dark blue cloth in publisher's dust-jacket. 197 pages. Bibliographic Notes, Index. First edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, new and unread. .

New York: New York University Press, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 189 pages. Index. A title in the Gotham Library series of Literary criticism published by New York University Press. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. But for some… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. Book. Near Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 245 pages. Selected Bibliography, Notes, Index. A title in the Riverside Studies in Literature series. First edition. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, tight and unmarked copy. … Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1976. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's green dust-jacket. 301 pages. Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, burgundy cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's dust-jacket. 273 pages. Bibliographical References and Index. First edition, first printing with full number line. A ground-breaking critical exegesis of English literature during the 17th and 18th… Ler mais sobre este item

Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1997. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 234 pages. Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index. First Syracuse University Press edition, first printing with full number line. A critical guide providing a useful "analysis and evaluation of current interpretations and approaches… Ler mais sobre este item

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. Book. As New. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, red cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's glossy pictorial dust-jacket. 270 pages. Bibliographical References, Bibliography, Index. No additional printings listed on copyright page. A pristine, as new copy. Book is clean, tight,… Ler mais sobre este item

Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, reddish cloth lettered in black, no dust-jacket (as issued?). 372 pages. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated in black and white. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A… Ler mais sobre este item

Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, gray cloth lettered in silver on spine, in publisher's dust-jacket. 304 pages. Foreword by Janet Blumberg Knedlik. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, and unmarked copy. Light shelf-wear to… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Metheun & Co. LTD, 1952. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, a married set with Vol. I bound in beige cloth and Vol. II in dark blue cloth. Ex-library copies with spine number removed on vol. I and white spine number visible on vol. II. 199 and 363 pages respectively.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Methuen and Co. LTD, 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, red cloth, no dust-jacket. 371 pages. Index. First edition. Ex-library copy with book plate of The British Council inside front cover, British Institute stamp on front free end-paper and four digit reference number stamped on upper… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1953. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Fourth Editiom. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, green cloth lettered in gold on spine, no dust-jacket. 394 pages. Indices include: Greek; Places; Persons and Works; Metre; General. Ex=library copy, British Council Library, with spine number and evidence of label removal from end-papers. Reprint,… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Random House, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, brown cloth lettered in copper on spine, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 218 pages. Select Bibliography, Index. Stated first American edition, first printing. A critical study of Dinesen's work as a reflection of her life, examining both modalities… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1979. Book. New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large trade paperback, new in publisher's shrink-wrap. 684 pages (?). Edited by Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H Abrams and Stephen Gill. Contains preface, chronological table, critical review of the 1850 revision and seven scholarly critical essays. "This book… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1941. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth, no dust-jacket. 309 pages. Eighth printing, same year as the first. The creation of Oliver Allston, a literary man and critic and thinly veiled disguise for himself, provides Brooks the opportunity to opine on subjects literary,… Ler mais sobre este item

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 182 pages. Chronology of Important Dates, Selected Bibliography. First edition, first printing with full number line. A title in the Twentieth Century Views series. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. Card… Ler mais sobre este item

Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1969. Hardcover, blue cloth in publisher's dust-jacket. 137 pages. Edited, with an introduction, collation of the texts, and notes by Richard Finneran. First edition. First time in print since 1908 of this important early work of a major writer. Small stain and old retain price sticker to front panel of… Ler mais sobre este item