LITERARY CRITICISM
Select by author surname starting with: -
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
ALL
You selected authors starting with -
|
Horace Walpole's Memoirs Judd, Gerrit P. IV (Book #ID 80328) Published by Vision Press Limited, 74a Regent Street, London First Edition 1960. London 1960. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original duck egg cloth covers, navy title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 119 printed pages of text. Shallow rubs to the softened spine ends and corners, some foxing to the closed edges. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with tan age spots to the spine, wear to the spine ends and corners, surface staining to the front panel, not price clipped 25s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£6.00 Convert currency |
|
Catastrophe and Imagination; An Interpretation of the Recent English and American Novel McCormick, John (Book #ID 75609) Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 6 & 7 Clifford Street, London First Edition 1957. London 1957. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brown paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, brown dyed upper edges. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 327 printed pages of text. Lower spine end scuffed. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the corners, two closed tears to the rear upper edges, not price clipped 25/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£9.00 Convert currency |
|
The London Mercury | Volume (31) XXXI. No. 182 [December 1934] Bates, H. E., Inigo Jones, W. B. Yeats, Claire Leighton, Stella Gibbons, Richard Church, Edmund Dulac, Edith Shackleton [Contribute] Edited by R. A. Scott-James (Book #ID 100860) Published by The London Mercury, Editorial Offices 14 Burleigh Street, Strand London December 1934 Vol. XXXI No. 182. 1934. First edition in publisher's original peach paper yapp wraps [soft back]. 10" x 7". Contains paginated printed pages of text [xviii]-1, 106-216. Illustrated. Edges of the wrapper a little ragged. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£20.00 Convert currency |
|
The Reaction Against Experiment in The English Novel 1950-1960 Rabinovitz, Rubin (Book #ID 77143) Published by Columbia University Press, New York, USA First Edition 1967. USA 1967. First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original powder blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 243 printed pages of text. Spine ends and corners turned-in. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow rubs and crease lines along the upper and lower edges, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£12.50 Convert currency |
|
The Durham University Journal | Volume LXIV No. 1 (New Series Volume XXXIII No. 1) December 1971 | Oscar Wilde's Absorption of Influences The Case History of Chaung Tzu Isobel Murray (Oscar Wilde) (Book #ID 110437) Published by The University of Durham First Edition December 1971. 1971. First edition in publisher's original flat backed white card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 81 + iii pp. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£15.00 Convert currency |
|
Maugham; A Reappraisal [Critical Studies Series] Whitehead, John [W. Somerset Maugham 1874-1965] (Book #ID 81822) Published by Vision Press Limited, Townmead Road, London First UK Edition 1987. London 1987. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original lime green paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 224 printed pages of text. Minimal wear to the covers, top corner of the front free end paper has been cut off. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0854782761 Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£8.00 Convert currency |
|
The Canonisation of Daniel Defoe Furbank, P. N. and W. R. Owens (Book #ID 78706) Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, USA First Edition 1988. USA 1988. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue denim cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, pale blue end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 210 printed pages of text. Minimal dust marking to the closed page edges, mottling to the cover top edge. Near Fine clean unopened condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with light rubs and creases to the cover edges. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0300041195 Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£15.00 Convert currency |
|
Victorian Fiction An Exhibition of Original Editions at 7 Albemarle Street, London January to February 1947. Carter, John and Michael Sadleir (Book #ID 79391) Published by Cambridge University Press/The National Book League, 1947. 1947. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5''. Contains 50 printed pages of text. Light fading to the edges of the covers and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£6.00 Convert currency |
|
Writings on Wright; Selected Comment on Frank Lloyd Wright Brooks, H. Allen [Frank Lloyd Wright] (Book #ID 80700) Published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts First Edition 1981. Massachusetts 1981. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original rich scarlet orange cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xviii] 229 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading to the top of the spine, shallow rubs to the tips, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0262021617 Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£12.50 Convert currency |
|
The Bookman | The Journal of The Book Society | July - August 1959 | Reviewers in the Issue: Rumer Godden; Maurice Cranston; Ronald Searle; David Piper; Daniel George. [The Book Society Selection Committee] Cover Drawing of James Thurber by Ronald Searle (Book #ID 100939) Published by The Book Society Ltd., 6 Baker Street, London First Edition July - August 1959. 1959. First edition in publisher's original orange printed cream card wraps [soft back] with cover drawing of James Thurber by Ronald Searle. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains 50 pages monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Reviews by Rumer Godden; Maurice Cranston; Ronald Searle; David Piper; Daniel George. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£25.00 Convert currency |
|
A Century of Parody and Imitation Jerrold, Walter and R. M. Leonard (Book #ID 106284) Published by Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, London, First Edition 1913. 1913. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. A fascinating account and selection of parody texts of all kinds from 1812 to 1912 including Francis Thompson's imitation of Omar Khayyám. Contains tissue guarded frontispiece, (xvi), 429 pp. Light marks to the covers, spine sun faded and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£8.00 Convert currency |
|
Francis Warner; Poet and Dramatist Prentki, Tim [Francis Warner] (Book #ID 94831) Published by Sceptre Press, Knotting, Bedfordshire First Edition 1977. 1977. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original ruby cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 154 printed pages of text with monochrome photographic frontispiece. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0706803787 Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£15.00 Convert currency |
|
The Study of Literature | An Inaugural Lecture Delivered at University College, Leicester 5th March, 1948. Humphreys, A. R. [Arthur R. Humphreys (1911-1966) A prolific researcher and writer on English literature, particularly that of the 16th to 19th centuries] (Book #ID 110431) Published by University College, Leicester First Edition 1950. 1950. First edition in publisher's original saddle stitched white card wrap covers [soft back]. 12mo. 7'' x 5''. Contains 23 pp + covers. Foxing to the card covers, else in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£11.00 Convert currency |
|
The London Mercury | Volume (31) XXXI. No. 181 [November 1934] Bates, H. E., Sylvia Townsend Warner, Charles Madge, Edwin Muir, Sean O'Faolain, Paul Nash [Contribute] Edited by R. A. Scott-James (Book #ID 100859) Published by The London Mercury, Editorial Offices 14 Burleigh Street, Strand London November 1934 Vol. XXXI No. 181. 1934. First edition in publisher's original peach paper yapp wraps [soft back]. 10" x 7". Contains 104 printed pages of text. Illustrated. Includes: A critical review of John Masefield's book 'The Taking of the Gry' by H. E. Bates. Edges of the wrapper a little ragged. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£20.00 Convert currency |
|
Tretower to Clyro | Essays Miller, Karl [Preface by Andrew O'Hagan] (Book #ID 97744) Published by Quercus, 21 Bloomsbury Square, London First Edition 2011. 2011. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 232 printed pages of text with monochrome photograph. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780857385802 Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£9.00 Convert currency |
|
Walt Whitman in Fernando Pessoa Pasciolla, Francesca (Book #ID 98252) Published by Critical, Cultural and Communications Press, London First Edition 2016. 2016. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 131 printed pages of text with some small monochrome illustrations. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781905510498 Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£11.00 Convert currency |
|
History and The Novel [Essays and Studies Series 1991] Easson, Angus [Edited by] (Book #ID 98523) Published by D. S. Brewer, Cambridge First Edition 1991. 1991. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original ruby red paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 105 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0859913228 Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£12.50 Convert currency |
|
Ben Jonson; His Vision and His Art Leggatt, Alexander [Ben Jonson] (Book #ID 99330) Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 36 Essex Street, Strand, London First Edition 1981. 1981. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burnt orange cloth covers, navy title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5½''. Contains 300 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with sun fading to the spine and margins, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0416746608 Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£11.00 Convert currency |
|
Walter Scott and the Historical Imagination Brown, David [Walter Scott] (Book #ID 107314) Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London First Edition 1979. 1979. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original yellow paper covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 239 pp. Minimal wear to the covers, ink name to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition illustrated dust wrapper with repaired 40 mm closed tear to upper front gutter, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0710003013 Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£15.00 Convert currency |
|
Gather the Fragments; A Book of Days Ecclestone, Alan [Compiled by] (Book #ID 99754) Published by Cairns Publications, 47 Firth Park Avenue, Sheffield First Edition 1993. 1993. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original racing green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5¾''. Contains 334 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with a little sun fading to the green of the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1870652177 Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£17.50 Convert currency |
|
Contains Article by T. S. Eliot 'The Class and the Elite' | The New English Review | Volume XI, No. 6, October 1945. Jerrold, Douglas (Edited by) Contributions by: T. S. Eliot; John Pipe; H. E. Bates (Book #ID 100850) Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode 15 Bedford Street, London First Edition October 1945. 1945. First edition in publisher's original orange, green and cream card wrap covers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains pagination [iv]-2, 483-576, [v-viii illustrated advertisements] printed pages of text with 11 page article by T. S. Eliot. Darkening of the card down the spine and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£30.00 Convert currency |
|
The Idea of the Humanities and Other Essays Critical and Historical. Volume Two Crane, R. S. (Book #ID 107778) Published by The University of Chicago Press First Edition 1967. 1967. First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark taupe cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 332 pp. Tiny rubs to the lower spine tips. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with a little wear along the edges, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£25.00 Convert currency |
|
Dante Commentaries; Eight Studies of the Divine Comedy Nolan, David [Edited by] (Book #ID 106662) Published by Irish Academic Press, Dublin, Ireland First Edition 1977. 1977. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, brown end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 184 pp. Spine ends soft and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£25.00 Convert currency |
|
Things Past Sadleir, Michael [Michael Thomas Harvey Sadler (25 December 1888 - 13 December 1957), was a British publisher, novelist, book collector, and bibliographer]. (Book #ID 106858) Published by Constable and Company Limited, 10-12 Orange Street, London First Edition 1944. 1944. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original russet cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt and green back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains colour frontispiece, (vi), 269 pp. Very near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chip to the top of the spine, corners rubbed, not price clipped, 10/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£25.00 Convert currency |
|
William Godwin As Novelist Tysdahl, B. J. [1756-1836] Mary Wollstonecraft (Book #ID 106886) Published by The Athlone Press, 90-91 Great Russell Street, London First Edition Thus 1981. 1981. First edition thus in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8'' x 6''. Contains 205 pp. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£6.00 Convert currency |
|
Stand | Quarterly of the Arts. 21 No. 4 1980 Incorporating Three Arts Quarterly and the North East Arts Review. Silkin, Jon (editor) et al (Book #ID 106990) Published by Stand 1980. 1980. Publisher's original illustrated green card wrap covers [soft back]. Landscape. 6'' x 8''. Contains 80 pp. In very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£8.00 Convert currency |
|
Stand | Quarterly of the Arts. 23 No. 1 1981-2 Incorporating Three Arts Quarterly and the North East Arts Review. Silkin, Jon (editor) et al (Book #ID 106991) Published by Stand 1981. 1981. Publisher's original illustrated green card wrap covers [soft back]. Landscape. 6'' x 8''. Contains 80 pp. In very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£8.00 Convert currency |
|
The Art and Craft of Letters | History Gretton, R. H. (Book #ID 107502) Published by Martin Secker, Number Five John Street, Adelphi, London First Edition [1914]. 1914. First edition in publisher's original plain grey card wrap covers [soft back], yapped edges. 12mo. 7'' x 4¼''. Contains 62 pp. Never read with page edges not slit and in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£11.00 Convert currency |
|
England Yesterday and Today Walbank, F. Alan (Book #ID 107889) Published by B. T. Batsford Ltd., 4 Fitzhardinge Street, Portman Square, London First Edition 1949. 1949. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original tan cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back, tan dyed upper edges. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 244 pp with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Shallow rubs to the softened lower spine end. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition panoramic illustrated dust wrapper with rubbed spine ends and upper corners, not price clipped 15s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£11.00 Convert currency |
|
An Old English Anthology Bolton, W. F. (Book #ID 107899) Published by Edward Arnold Ltd., 41 Maddox Street, London First Edition 1963. 1963. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Saxe blue paper covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 178 pp of Old English text with Glossary. Lower spine end turned-in, tape traces to free end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading to the blue of the spine, spine ends scuffed, not price clipped 20s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£11.00 Convert currency |
|
The Scientific Knowledge of Dante | A Lecture Delivered at the Victoria University of Manchester Before the Members of the 'Manchester Dante Society' [Signed] Roberts, D. Lloyd [19th-century British gynaecologist and bibliophile 1835-1920] James Niven Esq. M.B., LLD (12 August 1851 - 30 September 1925) (Book #ID 107912) Published by Manchester University Press | Sherratt & Hughes First Edition 1914. 1914. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original nutmeg buckram cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 9½'' x 6''. Contains red and black printed title, 28 pp. Printed on hand-made paper for private circulation. Presentation inscription from the author to the front free end paper 'James Niven Esq. M.B., LLD - With the author's kind regards, 27th December 1914'. James Niven was a Scottish physician, perhaps best known for his work during the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918 as Manchester's Medical Officer of Health, he held that position for 28 years (1894-1922), until he retired. He had previously been Oldham's Medical Officer of Health. He lectured in Public Health in Manchester. He committed suicide on The Isle of Man in 1925 by taking an overdose and swimming out to sea. Light off-settting to the end papers and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the LITERARY CRITICISM Category |
£30.00 Convert currency |