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Lawrence, Kansas, USA: University of Kansas, 1958. CA3 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in good condition. The same date appears on back fo teh title page with no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in light blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with minor overall shelf wear with some very light bumping on the top and bottom board edges and the bottom right board corners with a slightly heavier bump on the back top board edge plus there is some paper and glue residue and some light spots of surface damage on the front and back fixed endpapers from where the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps were glued to the boards plus there are the usual library marks, stamps, and label on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the copyright page. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf waer with some heavy label staining with some glue and paper residue on the spine from library labels plus there is some very light edge wear along… Leer más

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Twayne Publishers, 1992. BY3 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in very good condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, and the title page. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the front and back mylar sleeve endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers. This is a title in the author's Twayne's World Authors Series. A critical study of the complete works of L. M. Montgomery, the author of "Anne of Green Gables." Notes and references, selected bibliography, indexed, 191p.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Leer más

New York, New York, USA: Vintage Books/Random House, 1990. BV4 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. A collection of short essays on literary figures and subjects. They range through Pound, Yeats, Eliot, Joyce, Freud, Washington Irving, and Ernest Hemingway. This book was published posthumously. the author was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Indexed, 277p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000. BU4 - A hard cover first edition book in very good+ condition with a dust jacket in very good- condition. Stated first edition with no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in charcoal gray paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with silver lettering and graphics on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with a small (less than 0.25") closed tear on the back at the top left corner plus there is some scattered light rubbing plus there is some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom spine edges. A biography of Manuel Puig that examines the influences on his writing, his emergence to worldwide recognition as a literary figure, and his unconventional way of life. By the author of "The Subversive Scribe." Published works, endnotes, acknowledgments, indexed, 448p. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Leer más

New York, New York, USA: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1962. BU4 - A trade paperback book in very good-c ondition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear. A biography of the noted French writer that also places him within French society in the 1890s and the particular society that he frequented. Bibliographical note, chronological table, indexed, 373p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1968. BC1 - A hard cover 3rd revised edition book in good+ condition. A tight, sound copy in red cloth covered boards with gold lettering and graphics on the spine with minor overall shelf wear with some blue ink underlining on pages 63 and 64 plus there is extensive underlining in red ink on pages 110 through 122 plus there are two spots of cloth separation from the board on the front (about 0.25"x1" and 0.75"x1.75") plus there is some light bumping of the right corners of the front board. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some edge wear and chipping along the top and bottom spine edges and at the right corners plus there is a small closed tear (about 0.5") at the top left corner on the back. A book that examines German literature from 1880 to 1950. Bibliography, indexed, 584p. . 3rd Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Viking Penguin, 1989. BC1 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very, very light bumping on the top right board corners plus there is tape staining on the outside board surfaces from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there is some fading along the top and bottom board edges plus there are the usual libray stamps and pocket on the top outside paper edges, title page, and front endpaper. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a library label on the spine plus it is still in the original libary mylar sleeve. A book that examines the major cultural transformation to The Modern that took place between the 1890s and the outbreak of World War II. The author alalyzes ten major writers, their work, achievement, and influence as catylist to the cosmopolitan culture that developed. Bibliography, 294p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Leer más

Hague, Netherlands: Mouton & Co., 1970. BC5 - A first trade paperback edition book in good+ condition. No additional printings are indicated on the copyright page. A tight, clean, sound copy in light green wraps with minor overall shelf wear with some slight yellowing along the spine and around the edges of the covers plus there is some light yellowing of the outside paper edges. A book that examines the three major theories of the Novelle form in German literature, those of Goethe, Teck, and Heyse, from the standpoint of their historical origin and their applicability to the actual works in the genre. The author also includes a discussion of the theoretical comments made by Adalbert Stifter in the preface to "Bunte Steine." Bibliography, indexed, 120p.. First Trade Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA: University of North Carolina Press, 1966. BE1 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in good- condition with no dust jacket. A tight, clean, sound copy in navy blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine and on the front with minor overall shelf wear plus some light soiling on the top outside paper edges plus the usual library stamps on the front endpaper, title page, table of contents, and top outside paper edges plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plut there is the usual library label on the spine wrapping around onto the back. A book that summarizes Anglo-German literary relations beginning with the time of the British colonies and including poetry, the novel, and theater. Index of contributors, index of authors and critics, 246p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Norwood Editions, 1977. BG2 - A hard cover library rebound reprint edition withdrawn ex-library book in good- condition with no dust jacket. A tight, clean, sound copy in brown cloth covered boards with very minor overall shelf wear plus the fornt endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there is some light label staining on the boards and spine plus there are the usual library stamps on the top outside paper edges, freepaper, and title page. This is a reprint edition of a book that was originally publishedin 1925. A book about Charlotte, Emile, and Anne Brontë and the conditions and qualities of their upbringing which contributed to the development of their genius. By the author of "The Story of Gilbert White" and "In the Good Old Times." Indexed, 189p.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc., 1968. BG6 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some tape staining on the cloth, inside surfaces of the boards, and front and back endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped down to the boards plus there are the usual library marks and stamps on the spine, bottom outside paper edges, front endpaper, and title page plus there is some light yellowing on the top outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows moderate overall shelf wear mainly in the form of heavy wrinkling overall plus there is heavy fading on the spine plus there is some tape staining on the front and back endflaps from where the dust jacket was taped down to the boards. Translated from the German by John Conway. An appraisal of the major works of Thornton Wilder by a European professor of English literature. Bibliography, endnotes, 206p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Ivan R. Dee Publisher, 2005. BH6 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated white wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A biography of Virigina Wollf that also examines how her ideas and essays continue to influence modern literature, especially on the questions of gender and compatibility. This book also includes a list of Woolf's chief works, a chronology of her life, and recommended reading. Chief works, chronology, recommended reading, indexed, 124p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004. CD4 - A hardcover book in good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, some scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and dents, wrinkling on the spine edges, some scattered underlining and brackets, dog-eared page, light tanning and shelf wear. Translated by Ann Goldstein. 9.5"x6.5", 343 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. An unprecedented exodus that brought millions of Italians to the New World, the Great Migration has been studied until now mainly in its historical, social, and ethnographical dimensions. Scholars of literature, on the contrary, have neglected this field, despite the rich and varied literary fabric to be found in the teeming Little Italies of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. What is presented here is thus the first detailed history of that forgotten… Leer más

Dublin, Ireland: Sceptic Tank Press, 1991. BI5 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound cop in monochrome illulstrated green wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some light scattered rubbing on the back cover plus there is some very light yellowing of the top and right paper edges. A collection of literary humor and satire as well as some actual biographical and historical information on Irish cultural history, particularly as expressed in 20th century literary figures and artists. 94p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom: Yorick, 1986. BI5 - A plastic spiral bound trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear. A literary guide to Canterbury, Kent in Great Britain. It focuses on tracing the town's relationship to forty well-known writers, ranging from Chaucer to T. S. Eliot, and how their work and/or careers invluenced the image of the city as it is seen in contemporary times. This book includes walking tours, car tours, and bus tours. Index of writers. Illustrated with black and white photographs and reproductions. 116p.. Spiral Bound. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.