Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics

by Greenblatt, Stephen

Description: Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 212 pp. Tightly bound. NOTE: Lower corners are bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Rounding to cloth at heel of spine. Very good dust jacket. Jacket with one short edge tear. Remainder mark (one small dot) top fore-edge. First Edition / First Printing. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Read More

Guide to Tolkein

by Day, David

Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 272. 272 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Read More

Road Not Taken: Finding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets Wrong

by Orr, David

Description: Good to Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 184. 184 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Note: No dust jacket. Published August 2015. First Edition / First Printing. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. Read More

Love of Reading: Reviews of Contemporary Fiction

by Adams, Robert

Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 304. 304 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Read More

Sea Changes: British Emigration and American Literature

by Fender, Stephen

Description: Very Good. Good to Very Good Dust Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. pp. 400. 400 pp. Tightly bound. Tips of lower corners with light, minor ding. Text is free of markings. Owner's name front end paper. Good to very good dust jacket showing shelf rubbing. Read More

Tale of Genji: a Reader's Guide

by Puette, William J.

Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 192 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. No remainder mark. Light bump at heel. Spine faded from red to pink. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of book binding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the ... Read More

Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe

by Kennedy, J. Gerald

Description: Good to Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 247. 247 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. NOTE: This copy is "very good" but is described as "good" because there is a remainder mark of three black lines on the top fore-edge. Read More

Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

by Hugo, Richard

Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 109. 109 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Remainder mark (one dot) top fore-edge. Read More

Never in Doubt: Critical Essays on American Books, 1972-1985

by Prescott, Peter S.

Description: Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 302. 302 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. First Edition / First Printing. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Includes some discussion of: Vonnegut Jayne Phillips John Irving Henry Miller Norman Mailer Robert Coover Thomas Pynchon Don DeLillo Craig NOva Paul Theroux Joseph Conrad William Gaddis Hemingway Cheever Wilder ... Read More

Sacred Estrangement: the Rhetoric of Conversion in Modern American Autobiography

by Dorsey, Peter A.

Description: Very Good. Good Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 228. 214 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good dust jacket shows uneven fading along the edges and spine. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to ... Read More

On Late Style: Music and Literature Against the Grain

by Said, Edward W.

Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 176 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Remainder mark bottom fore-edge. Read More

Our Man Down in Havana: the Story Behind Graham Greene's Cold War Spy Novel

by Hull, Christopher

Description: Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 338. 338 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. Published March 2019. First Edition / First Printing. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Read More

Shadows of Imagination: the Fantasies of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams

by Hillegas, Mark R. (Ed)

Description: Good to Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 190 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. Owner's name top right corner front end paper. Read More

Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein

by Hoobler, Dorothy; Hoobler, Thomas

Description: Very Good to Near Fine. Very Good to Near Fine Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 375. 375 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Near fine dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. First Edition / First Printing. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Read More

Being Sherlock: a Sherlockian's Stroll Through the Best Sherlock Holmes Stories

by Polasek, Ashley D.

Description: Very Good to Near Fine. Published Without Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 430. 430 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Published without dust jacket. Read More

Palace of Books

by Grenier, Roger

Description: Near Fine. Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 150. 150 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Near fine dust jacket. First Edition / First Printing. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Read More

Matthew Parker and His Books

by Page, R. I.

Description: Very Good Plus. Published Without Dust Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. pp. 149. 149 pp. Tightly bound. Light, minor ding to tip of top right corner front board. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Published without dust jacket. NOTE: BOOK STILL IN PUBLISHER ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP. Read More

It Starts With Trouble: William Goyen and the Life of Writing

by Davis, Clark

Description: Good to Very Good. Good Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 363 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. Good dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. First Edition. PLEASE NOTE: This is a very clean EX-LIBRARY COPY. There are no call numbers on the spine of the book. There are no call numbers on the spine of the dust jacket. There are no stamps on the page edges. There is no check-out pocket at the back of the book. There is a small neat library name and withdrawn stamp ... Read More

City Staged: Jacobean Comedy, 1603-1613

by Leinwand, Theodore B.

Description: Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 233 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. First Edition / First Printing. First Printing stated. PLEASE NOTE the reasons for the lower "good" rating. (1) Do dust jacket. (2) White-out was used to cover owner's name on front end paper. (3) Pages 4-7 have ink underlining. I did not find any other markings in the book. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures ... Read More

Anatomy of Trade in Medieval Writing: Value, Consent, and Community

by Farber, Lianna

Description: Fine. Fine Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 235. 235 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Fine dust jacket. First Edition / First Printing. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Read More

House Hold: a Memoir of Place

by Peters, Ann

Description: Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author(s) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 275 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. (1) There is a light bump to the top edge of the front board at head of spine. (2) Inscribed By Author to previous owner on title page. (3) Mylar protected dust jacket with one 1/4" closed edge tear. Read More

Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: a Casebook

by Wall, Cheryl A.

Description: Good to Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 191 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. PLEASE NOTE: The primary reason for the lower "good" rating is because the lower corners of pages 161-176 appear to have been partially folded over at one time resulting in a crease / fold to the lower corner. Read More

Reflections on Exile and Other Essays

by Said, Edward W.

Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 617 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Read More

Manic Power: Robert Lowell and His Circle

by Meyers, Jeffrey

Description: Very Good to Near Fine. Very Good to Near Fine Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 228. 228 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good to near fine dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. Published November 1987. First Edition / First Printing. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Read More

Enlightenment Thought in the Writings of Goethe: a Contribution to the History of Ideas

by Kerry, Paul E.

Description: Near Fine. Near Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 243. 243 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is Free of Markings. Near fine dust jacket. NOTE: Book still in original shrink wrap. Read More