Literature from Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)

London: National Book Council, 1943. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. An Annotated Guide to 1300 Classics. An interesting little volume listing 1300 works in English that were considered to be "Classics" at the time (1943), as an aid to anyone wanting to know what was recommended reading for aspiring students of grear literature. This copy is near… Saber más sobre este artículo

Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1927. First. Softcover. Very Good. University Extension Meeting July-August 1927. This work is based on "A catalogue of the Shakespeare exhibition held in the Bodleian library to commemorate the death of Shakespeare, April 23, 1616", which was published in 1916, and which had been out of print.  It was the focus of an extension meeting… Saber más sobre este artículo

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Oxford World's Classics. Softcover. Near Fine to Fine. Here are four of Anthony Trollope's classic novels of Victorian England.  Two, Framley Parsonage and The Last Chronicle of Barset, are from his much-loved Barsetshire series, one, The Duke's Children (the recently discovered original complete text version), from his Palliser series, and what many consider his… Saber más sobre este artículo

Various. Hardcover. Good to Fine. This is a small archive of books about the esteemed Victorian author, Anthony Trollope.  It is a treasure trove for the Trollope aficionado.   The group includes a variety of works by various respected academic authors. 1. Anthony Trollope, Aspects of His Life and Art, by Bradford A. Booth, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1958,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Tinder :Press, 2017. First UK ("True" 1st). Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: "An extraordinary memoir - told entirely in near-death experiences - from one of Britain's best-selling novelists, for fans of Wild, When Breath Becomes Air, and The Year of Magical Thinking. We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Savage, MD: Barnes and Nobel Books, 1991. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. From the publisher: "These essays comprise the first extensive reappraisal of Charles Lever for over 50 years. Once regarded as the equal of Dickens, Trollope and Thackeray, Lever's public turned their backs on him when he changed style and genre after making his name with comic… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. First. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. Dr. Johnson: A Play" is a dramatic portrayal of the life and times of Samuel Johnson, the famous 18th-century English writer, lexicographer, and literary critic. The play follows Johnson's journey from his humble beginnings in Lichfield, through his struggles with poverty, depression, and illness, to his eventual rise… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Nims and Knight, 1885. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+. With Numerous Illustrations by English and American Artists. Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS (1809 - 1892) was one of the most prominent of all English poets. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington, D.C.: Coumterpoint, 1995. First US edition. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: H. G. Wells, British writer, social critic, futurist, and celebrated author of The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, witnessed the great events of two centuries and played a major role in many controversies of his turbulent age. With extraordinary foresight, he predicted such developments… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Thomas Y, Crowell Company, 1960. First. Near Fine/Very Good. Karl Shapiro (1913 - 2000) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945 for his collection V-Letter and Other Poems.  He was appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946. This copy is near… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1898. Collected edition. Modern custom full red leather. Near Fine. A beautifully bound set in modern, full red leather with gilt titles and raised bands on the spines. Gilt all around. Marbled endpapers. Bookplates of a previous owner on the ffep., and the ink name of another owner on the blank page before… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1870. First. Fine. Very attractive modern fine binding in full brown leather, with gilt titles and raised bands on the spine, and gilt borders on the covers and spine. Marbled endpapers. Binding and contents both in fine condition, with no marks or damage. James Hain Friswell (1825 -1878) was an English essayist and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Berwick upon Tweed: R. Taylor, 1776. Third Edition. Very Good. Rebacked ¼ brown leather on original mottled leather boards. Gilt titles on red badges on spines and gilt bands and vol. nos. on spines. New endpapers. Corners of both volumes are worn and the covers are slightly scuffed, but bindings are tight and sound. Ink names of three… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Recorded Books, 1998. Audiobook. Very good. A very good, unabridged set of 15 discs of this horror classic. Ex-library with typical labeling, but no damage to case or discs. In a hard protective case with all discs in plastic sleeves.

Monaco: A La Voile LAtine, 1950. First limited. Very Good. French language version of this novel Presentation in the unusual form of floating sheets folded in half The story of the revolution in Laurania, capital of an imaginary country, is the only novel written by W Churchill The original version was in English and published in 1899 Illustrated… Saber más sobre este artículo

Stroud: Ian Hodgkins and Company, 1987. First thus. Fine. Fine copy of this scarce bibliography of Beatrix Potters items at her preserved home of Hill Top Red wrappers with black titles 27 pp.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1885. Eleventh. Hardcover. Good-. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. Eleventh. Fair +. Fair to Good condition. Front cover hinge is split, but still intact. Light ex-library stamps on first two title pages and light pencil calculations on blank front page, else good condition. Corners of spine show wear, but not… Saber más sobre este artículo