Literary Theory & Lit Crit from Ariadne Books

Basingstoke: Palgrave, 1999. Hardback. xx, 238pp. No jacket (as issued?). This book offers a collection of essays by researchers and writers who are intent upon exploring teh various ways in which women's lives are put into print - ie placed into the public domain - and upon formulating methods and strategies for interpreting those lives. Book in very… Read more about this item

London: Random House Books, 2010. Second impression, 2010. Hardback. xxx, 322pp. Dust jacket. If you believe that precise and elegant English really does matter, this book will prove required reading. Book in very good condition. Light marking to fore edge of text block. Dust jacket very good and unclipped. Minor edge wear only.

London: Guardian Books Ltd, 2004. First edition, 2004. Hardback. 190pp. Dust jacket. Wise and witty, irreverent but informed, the Guardian stylebook is an indispensable guide to the use of good English. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket very good and unclipped. Very slight edge wear and a few small marks to the front.

London: Routledge, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No dust jacket issued.. Routledge, London 2001. Paperback. Book Condition: Very good. Very light creasing to spine and the book leans a little. Very sound and clean, free of marks and annotations. (368 pages). The essays in this collection, Identities, illuminate the ways in which conventions of realism were transformed by new… Read more about this item

Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1989. Second impression. Paperback. Fine/No dust jacket issued.. Wesleyan University Press, Connecticut, 1989. Paperback. Book Condition: Near fine. Uncreased spine and just the slightest amount of shelf wear.Judith Weissman's book makes an original contribution to our understanding of a group of central nineteenth century texts. A very readable book that offers some fascinating perspectives… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. First edition. Hardback. Good/Very Good. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987. First edition. Book condition: good. Virtually free of shelf wear, clean and unmarked though the paper is a little tanned. Dust jacket condition: very good. Unclipped and with only very slight wear around the edges. Susan Hill's earliest memories are of books and reading. The… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 2005. First UK Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket issued.. Faber & Faber, London, 2006. First UK edition. Book condition: very good and unread. Minor crease to upper edge of front cover. No dust jacket issued. Jane Smiley takes the reader deep into the process of novel-writing, sharing the secrets of her own habits… Read more about this item

New York: Benjamin Blom, 1966. 1966 reissue of the 1863 edition of this classic work of scholarship. Hardback. Maroon cloth boards with contrasting title panels to spines. Multiple paginations. Vol.1: A Piththy Note to Papists, by T. Knell. 1570; Murder of John Brewen, by T. Kydde. 1592; History of Jacob and his XII Sonnes; The Wyll of the… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1968. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Faber & Faber, London, 1968. First edition. Book condition: near fine with little evidence of use. Front paste down has a small Foyles sticker and there is also a small sticker with a previous owner's name and address printed on it. Small mark to edge of text block… Read more about this item

Berkeley: University of California, 1976. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/Good. University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 1976. First edition. Book condition: very good. Very slight bumping to corners and '20p' in ink to upper corner of ffep otherwise unmarked and very clean internally. Dust jacket: good. Unclipped. Generally rubbed and soiled. Some edge wear. Closed tear approx 2cms… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1926. First edition. Hardback. Good/No dust jacket issued.. William Heinemann, London, 1926. First edition. Condition: good. A little wear around the edges of the card covers.. Stapled binding (staples becoming a little rusty). Internally clean with just some very light spotting to first page. Small pamphlet of 22 pages with some b&w photographs. No jacket… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 2007. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Faber & Faber, London, 2007. First edition. Book condition: Very good. Small vertical split to head of spine (approx 2mms) and a little shelf wear to head & tail of spine. Dust jacket condition: Very good. As with the spine of the book, there is an extrememely… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 2007. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Faber & Faber, London, 2007. First edition. Book condition: near fine and unread. Dust jacket: very good. Unclipped and with minor edge wear only. Borders' price sticker to rear. A fascinatingly rich and entirely original study of why many of the greatest authors of English literature chose to… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1945. Hardback. Fair/No dust jacket.. Macmillan & Co Ltd, London, April 1945. (Reprint of first edition April 1945). Book condition: fair. Boards showing some edge wear and corners a little bumped. Head & tail of spine a little worn. Occasional light staining or marking. Some colour transfer from front board to upper edges of front… Read more about this item

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1966. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Twayne Publishers, New York, 1966. Book condition: Very good. Minor shelf wear only. Dust jacket: good. Price clipped. Generally rubbed and loiled. Some edge wear, corners chipped also head & tail of spine. Small scuff mark and puncture to spine, very small closed tear to lower edge of front. This… Read more about this item

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1934. Second edition. Hardback. Fair/Poor. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, February 1935, second edition (first published September 1934). Book condition: Fair. Binding sound. A little shelf wear. Discolouration to lower half of spine and to some areas of front board, less so to rear. Endpapers lightly tanned and upper edge of text block dust soiled. Internally clean.… Read more about this item